You can read merely to pass the time, or you can read with an overt urgency, but eventually you will read against the clock.

Harold Bloom
You can read merely to pass the time, or you...
You can read merely to pass the time, or you...
You can read merely to pass the time, or you...
You can read merely to pass the time, or you...
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The idea that you can read just to have something to do is very true, but there are some who read with an overt urgency. They are reading with the purpose of learning new things or even just for pleasure. This is very true, but there are some who read with an overt urgency. They are reading with the purpose of learning new things or even just for pleasure.

This is very true, but there are some who read with an overt urgency. They are reading with the purpose of learning new things or even just for pleasure. This is very true, but there are some who read with an overt urgency.

They are reading with the purpose of learning new things or even just for pleasure. This is very true, but there are some who read with an overt urgency. They are reading with the purpose of learning new things or even just for pleasure.

This is very true, but there are some who read with an overt urgency. They are reading with the purpose of learning new things or even just for pleasure.

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