There is a basic social devide between those for whom life is an accrual of fresh experience and knowledge, and those to whom maturity is a process ..

"People who read for pleasure are many times more likely than those who don't to visit museums and attend musical performances, almost three times as likely to perform volunteer and charity work, and almost twice as likely to attend sporting events. Readers, in other words, are active, while nonreaders - more than half the population - have settled into apathy. There is a basic social devide between those for whom life is an accrual of fresh experience and knowledge, and those to whom maturity is a process of mental atrophy. --Andrew Solomon