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EPISODE · Jul 11, 2025 · 6 MIN

S2E68 | Why I Read Books

from Learn English by Listening · host trkenankement

I find myself this morning with a book in my hands, as I have found myself countless mornings before, and I wonder at this curious habit that has possessed me since childhood. What is it that draws us to these arrangements of ink upon paper, these silent conversations with minds we shall never meet? I confess that I do not always know why I read, only that I must, as surely as I must breathe or eat or sleep.

I find myself this morning with a book in my hands, as I have found myself countless mornings before, and I wonder at this curious habit that has possessed me since childhood. What is it that draws us to these arrangements of ink upon paper, these silent conversations with minds we shall never meet? I confess that I do not always know why I read, only that I must, as surely as I must breathe or eat or sleep.

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