Literature (Borrowed Thought)

Most people will quickly promote the importance of reading literature but this is often an impulsive response, not one based off an evaluation of the matter. Now I obviously see the importance of literature and I do enjoy finding amazing quotes that just seem to fit a situation ever so nicely. However, I believe it is important to articulate why reading quality literature is so very important, so that we have an answer for those who attack knowledge and books as useless or who are so absorbed in entertaining literature that they do not see the value of truly great writing. So lets briefly examine what it means to read. 

Time (The Inexorable Flow)

“The fact is, the Time Traveller was one of those men who are too clever to be believed: you never felt that you saw all round him; you always suspected some subtle reserve, some ingenuity in ambush, behind his lucid frankness.” 
― H.G. Wells, The Time Machine

Hello, World!

This first post revolves around aspiration. The quote above is from one of my favorite works of literature, a choice shared by my lovely wife. If I were to use the above description of the Time Traveller to describe myself not only would it be arrogant but also a gross overestimation of myself as well. Instead it is something I aspire to, I wish to be the Time Traveller in a sense. Allow me to elaborate.