To read is to withdraw. To make oneself unavailable. One would feel easier about it if the pursuit inself were less... selfish. (Alan Bennett)

To read is to withdraw. To make oneself unavailable. One would feel easier about it if the pursuit inself were less... selfish.

Alan Bennett

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