All good and true book-lovers practice the pleasing and improving avocation of reading in bed ... No book can be appreciated until it has been slept with and dreamed over.

About This Quote

This quote from the great author, Charles Dickens, expresses the idea that to fully experience a book, you must put it away and then read it again. In other words, if you haven’t taken the time to really think about the book while you’re reading it, you won’t fully understand it.

Source: The Love Affairs Of A Bibliomaniac

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