في قراءة بعض الكتب ننشغل أساسًا بأفكار المؤلف، وفي قراءة غيرها ننشغل بأفكارنا نحن وحدها.

“In reading some books we occupy ourselves chiefly with the thoughts of the author; in perusing others, exclusively with our own.”Edgar Allan Poe — The Literati: Some Honest Opinions about Autorial Merits and Demerits, with Occasional Works of Personality. Together with Marginalia, Suggestions, and Essays (1850)