Reading develops cognitive skills. It trains our minds to think critically and to question what you are told. This is why dictators censor or ban books. It's why it was illegal to teach slaves to read. It's why girls in developing countries have acid thrown in their faces when they walk to school.
Karin Slaughtersexual predators were like cockroaches. For every one you saw, there were twenty more hiding behind the walls.
Karin Slaughter