"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies"

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.” 

-George R.R. Martin, A Dance With Dragons

Last week we had a little fight with my friend, about "What the hell do I see about reading". Because as she said "Reading is boring!"

Honestly, I almost killed her. Because she couldn't understand anything... 

In my opinion, reading is the best way to spend your time. Because when the book is really good and you get into the story... You can feel what the characters feels, you can't look away from the story and when it's over, it continous in your mind.

And it's better than just a movie. Because when you actually can't see the character and you have to imagine it, you always add something yours. Even when in the book is perfectly said how the character looks, it becomes somehow yours. When thousand people read the same story, there will be so many versions of the character. Isn't that beautiful? Because that's what do the books help us for - to expand our imagination and use it! 

That's what the best stories teach us - that the best thing we can do is use our imagination! And THAT is the reason, why there are so many fanfiction stories, because the best stories give us inspiration.

Because people want to live their favourite stories - become a part of it.  

And that's why I think reading is so amazing: it gives you an opportunity to live thousands lives in some fantastic world, it gives you an opportunity to travel the world and still stay in your bedroom.

When I told her about this, she couldn't answer me. She just couldn't. And even if she would, I wouldn't be listening.