Why Reading Matters [BBC]. Science writer Rita Carter tells the story of how modern neuroscience has revealed that reading, something most of us take for granted, unlocks remarkable powers. Carter explains how the classic novel Wuthering Heights allows us to step inside other minds and understand the world from different points of view, and she wonders whether the new digital revolution could threaten the values of classic reading.
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I just found this little quote glued inside a blank notebook I bought many years ago but never used, having rediscovered it only a few days ago. A bit ticked that I bought a journal that had been, unbeknownst to me, vandalized; but it works well.
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, [to tears] Trailer.
I believe in the magic of books. I believe that during certain periods in our lives we are drawn to particular books—whether it’s strolling down the aisles of a bookshop with no idea whatsoever of what it is that we want to read and suddenly finding the most perfect, most wonderfully suitable book staring us right in the face. Unblinking. Or a chance meeting with a stranger or friend who recommends a book we would never ordinarily reach for. Books have the ability to find their own way into our lives.
—Cecelia Ahern
