Alberto Manguel Quote

We read to understand, or to begin to understand. We cannot do but to read. Reading almost as much as breathing, is our essential function.


The Last Page, p. 7. - A History of Reading (1996)


We read to understand, or to begin to understand. We cannot do but to read. Reading almost as much as breathing, is our essential function.

We read to understand, or to begin to understand. We cannot do but to read. Reading almost as much as breathing, is our essential function.

We read to understand, or to begin to understand. We cannot do but to read. Reading almost as much as breathing, is our essential function.

We read to understand, or to begin to understand. We cannot do but to read. Reading almost as much as breathing, is our essential function.