Much better he should read for the first half of his life and then live for the next half. That's the proper sequence to know what you're doing. Nowadays, they start off by living and never get around to reading – it explains the mess we're all in.
What we find to love or to hate comes to us as a substitute for something else.
It is in our nature to enjoy atrocity so long as it continues to shock and remains comfortably removed from our own lives.
