By reading of course! Books are irreplaceable. It a remarkable human invention, allowing our species to live intellectually interesting lives and to leave behind something of value to someone, somewhere, across time. But don’t just take my word for it; scroll below for more pearls of wisdom about reading, by some of the world’s finest minds.

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies … The man who never reads lives only one.” – George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

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“The only thing that you absolutely have to know is the location of the library.” – Albert Einstein, physicist

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“A word after a word after a word is power.” – Margaret Atwood, novelist and poet

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“Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary” – Jim Rohn, entrepreneur

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“Read a lot. Expect something big, something exalting or deepening from a book. No book is worth reading that isn’t worth re-reading” – Susan Sontag, writer and political activist

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“The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you. Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as though a hand has come out and taken yours.” – Alan Bennett, The History Boys

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