A cheery hopeful thought from George Saunders in his book on writing fiction, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain:
| ... There's a vast underground network for goodness at work in this world – a web of people who've put reading at the center of their lives because they know from experience that reading makes them more expansive, generous people ... |
(cf On Booklessness (1999-07-18), Pursuit of Excellence (2002-02-22), Improving My Mind (2003-06-22), Knowledge and Public Happiness (2003-07-29), Reading at Risk (2004-09-01), Learning to Pause (2015-08-10), ...) - ^z - 2021-04-01