What Does Reading Books Give to a Person?

What Does Reading Books Give to a Person?

Why should we constantly read books?
The point is that reading fiction expands our consciousness.
We learn to think. Thoughts begin to appear. Our brain is engaged in real work.
Over the past four years, I have read more books than I had read in my entire previous life.
We become more flexible, more thoughtful, spiritually more developed. When a book is truly interesting, we immerse ourselves in other worlds and live within them as if they were our own. That world is not ours — it is the writer’s world — yet for a time, the writer lends it to us. We enter his eyes, his thoughts, his feelings, his mind — and we come out changed, enriched by his world.
Books give us a reason not to дегenerate, not to grow spiritually old.
I began reading at the age of six. My first books were Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson and the stories of Baron Munchausen.
Since then, up to this very day, I have read all my life. This fascinating occupation does not simply make me wiser — although books do give wisdom — but more importantly, it helps me remain human in a rapidly changing world.
— Guram Kikabidze