Virginia Woolf: The Complete Works (A to Z Classics)

by Virginia Woolf

He reads for his own pleasure rather than to impart knowledge or correct the opinions of others. Above all, he is guided by an instinct to create for himself, out of whatever odds and ends he can come by, some kind of whole—a portrait of a man, a sketch of an age, a theory of the art of writing.

This indeed is true. When we read, it’s usually because we wanna feel powerful. In the words of Robert Greene, “Nobody wants to feel powerless.”