“It takes half a lifetime to learn to read slowly” “It takes half a lifetime to learn to read slowly.” From Everything: A Book of Aphorisms (thanks Dave Lull) Share this:TwitterFacebookGoogle +1 Jan 8, 2013 Fragment, Slow Reading 2 Comments
True for me, at least regarding one form of slow reading. To recover from a midlife crisis, I had to learn to read in a more meditative way. Maybe slow reading, or a certain aspect of it, is for some a sign of middle age.
I guess that should have been more obvious to me. This slow reading focus started just after 40.