malalai khan

When was the last time that you read a book? An hour ago? Yesterday? Months?! Reading does not always count on textbooks and course books studied at school. It is the simple yet the exquisite hobby of enjoying the words of fantasy and fiction worlds that our hearts long to visit.

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates’ loot on Treasure Island.

Walt Disney

Reading gives a very unique sense of spiritual satisfaction. It was a blessing on mankind to invent the innovation of a book, for it has led man to the brink of reality, and inspiring the imaginations of millions. Novels are, after all, an escape from the tragedies of reality and life itself.

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.

G. R. R. Martin

Books work like a time machine—it makes us travel to places that we never visited, through times that never happened. Indeed, books are the closest thing to magic in the world. Reading is as breathing is essential for living. It is an act of great wisdom and intellect to read, not as a hobby but as a habit in life.

I don’t believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.

J. K. Rowling

Books are no simple pages of paper bound together by a spine. They contain worlds that have no existence in reality but produce an impact that can change mankind from its roots. Reading those words of wit can enhance the character of a person, making him/her turn a new leaf.

Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Furthermore, reading enables us with the art of literature and language. It gives us a provision of vocabulary as well as the idea of the unique style of the writer. Reading also replenishes us with a taste of eccentric words used by the writer. It furnishes our mindscape of imagination and embellishes treasure of fantasy into the vision of creativity.

She reads books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.

Annie Dillard

Books are not mere sentences on a topic. These, in fact, give us the golden opportunity of realizing our mistakes, our actions, our thinking and comparing those aspects with the characters of the books. This indeed gives us time to make up to our deeds, overhaul our personalities and refashion ourselves for a better world.

To read is to voyage through time.

Carl Sagan

In nutshell, books are a gift endowed on this world that can never be taken away again. o matter how much social media or technology threatens to end the era of books, there are booklovers and bibliophiles out there around the globe to keep up the spirit of reading among people. Forevermore, shall the era of books prolong as the simple yet magical portal continues to live, leading new souls into whole new worlds.

✧─── ･｡ﾟ★: .✦. :★｡ﾟ･ ───✧

PS. I wrote this essay for the school noticeboard nearly a year ago. The teacher told me I could write on any topic, but I chose this one because I want to make other girls in my class read—I am one of the only five girls who actually read. 📚📖✌🏻

✧─── ･｡ﾟ★: .✦. :★｡ﾟ･ ───✧