““Books were seen as a waste of time. What was the point, unless you were reading for information? To lose oneself in a book was to be slightly wacky, a little greedy and ultimately slothful. There was no value. You couldn't make money from reading a book. A book did not clean bathrooms and waxed floors. It did not put the garden in. You couldn't have a conversation while reading. It was arrogant and alienated others. In short, those who read were wasteful and haughty and incapable of living in the real world. They were dreamers.””
![“[Books] were the world I could lose myself in when the one I was actually living in became too lonely or harsh or difficult to bear.” quote by Cheryl Strayed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/52e/cheryl-strayed-605_books_books-were-the-world-i-could-lose-myself_2993751.jpg)
![“[Books] were the world I could lose myself in when the one I was actually in became too lonely or harsh or difficult to bear.” quote by Cheryl Strayed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f8f/cheryl-strayed-605_book_books-were-the-world-i-could-lose-myself_724903.jpg)
