“I was a reader again, and after a few days rest I wanted more…and as I read, not looking for myself, but finding myself nonetheless, provoked into seeing by the books, I spied the beginnings of an edge where before there had been only an amorphous blur leading to nothing.” David Denby, Great Books
"We all get socialized once by our parents and teachers, ministers and priests. [Reading] is about getting a second chance. It’s not about being born again, but about growing up a second time, this time around as your own educator and guide, Virgil to yourself.” Mark Edmundson, Why Read?
These are some books that have given me that proverbial second chance, that have helped me grow up a second time:
