"I have a theory that people who don’t read much before the age of fourteen never fully develop areas in the brain that process text into images or experiences. If you become a serious reader only in college, you interpret everything analytically. I sometimes see this in academic critics—they’re so intelligent, and yet something eludes them."

Brilliant take by Olga Tokarczuk in the #ParisReview #ArtOfFiction258 #Literature #Learning #ReadingIsFundamental