In our book, The Battle for the Book of Good Deeds, hundreds of engraved quotations cover the polished white marble walls of the receiving vault. One quote reads, “I cannot live without books,” which was said by…oh, wait a minute…that’s a question in our Reader’s Guide so I shouldn’t tell you. You need to look that up for yourself. Anyway, back to what I was saying. I found an interesting snippet about the love of books titled “Happiness by the Page” compiled by Margena A. Christian in the August 2011 issue of Ebony magazine. Here’s what it says:
“Reading delivers the same mood and life satisfaction people get from affiliations with real-life groups. A study in Psychological Science shows that when we read, we psychologically become part of the community described in the narrative. That mechanism satisfies the deeply human need for belonging.”
No wonder so many of us love our books!
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