Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it's a way of making contact with someone else's imagination after a day that's all too real.

Reading is an activity that can provide an escape from reality, or the opposite; it allows us to learn more about the real world after a day of daydreaming. It also gives us the opportunity to get a glimpse into someone else’s imaginative world after a day that felt too real. Reading gives us a chance to make connections with the world, either our own or someone else’s, in a way that can help us learn and experience more than we otherwise could.