At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book–that string of confused, alien ciphers–shivered into meaning. Words spoke to you, gave up their secrets; at that moment, whole universes opened. You became, irrevocably, a reader.

Alberto Manguel
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When you become a reader, that is when your life will change forever. You will never be the same person that you were before, because when you become a reader, reading is not just something that you do to pass the time; it is who you are. It is what makes you different from all other children and adults in the world. It may make it hard to make friends and get along with others because everyone is reading.

However, if you can be happy with who you are and who you may grow up to be, you will find out in time that there is no one like you and no one can crush your spirit or change who you are. You will come to realize that your reading was only the beginning of a long journey that will lead to many wonderful things in life.

Source: A History Of Reading

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