Richard Powers on reading

A book is still atemporal. It is you, in silence, hearing voices in your head, unfolding at a time that has nothing to do with the timescale of reading. And for the hours that we retreat into this moratorium, with the last form of private and silent human activity that isn't considered pathological, we are outside of time.

                        --Richard Powers

Favorites:

The Overstory

Generosity: an Enhancement

Gain

Plus, a bonus quote:

“The best arguments in the world won't change a person's mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story.”