Reading is a full contact sport; we crash up against the wave of words with all of our intellectual, imaginative, and emotional resources. What results can sometimes be as much our creation as the novelist's or playwright's.

Thomas C. Foster
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When we read, we make a lot of changes in our minds and spirit based on what we're reading. We get to see the world from someone else's perspective. We get to go on an adventure and experience all new things. Some of the experiences that we get into when we read are more about the story than the actual things that happen in this story.

It is like a roller coaster ride where we experience some ups and downs and some turns and twists. There are some things that we learn while we're reading, and it's up to us how we want to react to them.

Source: How To Read Literature Like A Professor: A Lively And Entertaining Guide To Reading Between The Lines

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