It should come as no surprise that C.S.
Lewis, the world-renowned author ofThe Chronicles of Narniaseries, believes that everyone should read books.
Reading gives you the ability to see an infinite number of perspectives all while remaining yourself.
He may be full of goodness and good sense but he inhabits a tiny world.
In it, we should be suffocated.
The man who is contented to be only himself, and therefore less a self, is in prison.
My own eyes are not enough for me, I will see through those of others.
Reality, even seen through the eyes of many, is not enough.
I will see what others have invented.
Even the eyes of all humanity are not enough.
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