Reading Clausewitz makes you take your own thoughts a little less seriously.

Today I continue with my science-fiction reading habit and find it very mind-expanding. Always makes me think.

One of the things that made me long to be back in prison was that I had so little opportunity for reading, thinking and quiet reflection after my release. I intend, amongst other things, to give myself much more opportunity for such reading and reflection.

To describe my scarce leisure time in today's terms, I always default to reading.

Digital reading will completely take over. It's lightweight and it's fantastic for sharing. Over time it will take over.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is an admirable work, and I studied it intently. The quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more.