Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Perfect Lines

“When we pass over into how a knight thinks, how a heroine behaves, and how an evildoer can regret or deny wrongdoing, we never come back quite the same; sometimes we're inspired, sometimes saddened, but we are always enriched. Through this exposure we learn both the commonality and the uniqueness of our own thoughts -- that we are individuals, but not alone.”

Maryanne Wolf, Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain

When I first read this book, which I would highly recommend, I was transfixed. Now I want to read it again. If you are at all interested in the science of reading, or if you just want to feel smarter, you need to read this!

 

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