I don't know why we stopped reading together, but gradually we were not doing it regularly, and then without realizing it was happening we were reading different books, and gradually we came not to care about the book the other one was reading, because it was not the book we were reading, and we became bored and drifted off when the other one talked about his book. What we were doing, reading different books, was furnishing different rooms, constructing separate worlds almost, in which we could sit and be ourselves again. Of course those were rooms in which we each sat alone, and we gradually spent more and more time in them and less and less in the house we lived in together. Sam Savage
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This quote is about how we build ourselves up to live separate lives, even though we live in the same house, and how this can make our partner feel. When people stop reading together, they may drift apart and not notice it. This is because the person who reads the same book as their partner may not be as interested in what they are reading as the person who is reading the same book but at a different time and with a different purpose. They can become bored and drift off when their partner starts talking about their book.

Reading different books that share similar subject matter but do not focus on each other can create an interesting world that you can spend time in alone or with another individual. It is important to take note of what you are doing so you can treasure your time together and avoid drifting off when your partner starts to talk about each other's interests.

Source: Glass

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