Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason. They made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
~Charles Caleb Colton
"A reader? That's what you call yourself?"
I shrugged. "Sure. I read lots of books! Why last year, I read over a--"
"--Quantity? You boast of quantity?"
"I..." A good defense rose to my lips, except I knew it was no defense at all. I'd mostly read fluff: adventure/detective/spy stories.
"Look. There are great works of fiction out there...some are actually on lists of 'Great Books.' But, there are biographies, histories, memoirs--factual stuff about reality, not floofy escapes into unreality! When was the last time you sank your teeth into something that made you think?"
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David speaking: last yr I read 160 books. 42 were non-fiction. Hmm.