I had just taken to reading. I had just discovered the art of leaving my body to sit impassive in a crumpled up attitude in a chair or sofa, while I wandered over the hills and far away in novel company and new scenes... My world began to expand very rapidly,... the reading habit had got me securely.
Experiment in Autobiography - Discoveries and Conclusions of a Very Ordinary Brain (since 1866) (ed. Read Books Ltd, 2016) - ISBN: 9781473345010