Thirty-three reasons to read

 My 33 reasons for reading are ... 

1. To live more.

2. To stop time.
3. To know that we are alive.
4. To know that we are not alone.
5. To find out.
6. To learn.
7. To learn to think.
8. To discover the world.
9. For other worlds.
10. To meet the other.
11. To know ourselves.
12. To share a common heritage.
13. To create a world of their own.
14. To laugh.
15. To mourn.
16. To console.
17. To banish the blues.
18. To be what we are not.
19. Not to be who we are.
20. To doubt.
21. To deny.
22. To assert.
23.To escape the noise.
24. To combat the ugliness.
25. To shelter.
26. To evade.
27. To imagine.
28. To explore.
29. To play.
30. To have fun.
31. To dream.
32. To grow. 
33. To be HAPPY! .

So you expect to RUN out and grab a book and READ!!