At that moment the power of reading made itself clear and real to me. If I could see the words, then no one could control them or what I got from the… - Percival Everett

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At that moment the power of reading made itself clear and real to me. If I could see the words, then no one could control them or what I got from them. They couldn't even know if I was merely seeing them or reading them, sounding them out or comprehending them. It was a completely private affair and completely free, and therefore, completely subversive.

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Percival Everett (born 1956) is an American writer and professor.

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At that moment the power of reading made itself clear and real to me. If I could see the words, then no one could control them or what I got from them. They couldn’t even know if I was merely seeing them or reading them,
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