독서를 위해 필요한 것들

G. S.  --  So silence, and a private space. And third, a terribly elitist condition (but I like the word "elite"; it means that some things are better than others and means nothing else):  to have books. The great public libraries were the foundation of education and culture in the nineteenth century and essential for many thinkers in the twentieth century. But to have a collection of books that are yours, that you own, that are not borrowed, is crucial. Why? Because you have to have a pencil in hand.

George Steiner "with" Laure Adler. A Long Saturday. p. 67.