"Reading, therefore, is a co-production between writer and reader. The simplicity of this tool is astounding. So little, yet out of it whole worlds, eras, characters, continents, people never encountered before, people you wouldnâ€™t care to sit next to in a train, people that donâ€™t exist, places youâ€™ve never visited, enigmatic fates, all come to life in the mind, painted into existence by the readerâ€™s creative powers. In this way the creativity of the writer calls up the creativity of the reader. Reading is never passive."

-- Ben Okri

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