Do you recognize this quote? Let me transcribe the whole thing: “A mind needs books like a sword from a whetstone, to keep its edge. That's why I read so much ». Who could these wise words come from?
Those of us who like to read love these types of phrases. Because few understand us. The next time they ask you why you read so much, reply to the style Tyrion Lannister, on whose lips he put George RR Martin these words in his famous Song of ice and fire.
Many are the quotes of phrases from Game of Thrones (the series) that have been used to build inspiring lists with up-to-date messages to motivate readers to get better and better. Oh what to see, what we like dating! Much has been written about this one in particular. For me it has a clear meaning, which takes on even greater meaning when you know the context and follow the series or read the books.
Never stop learning throughout your life, and keep cultivating until the last moment, because you can always improve. Only reading will allow you this.
If your life depended on your sword, if you needed it not only to overcome your current situation and aspire to be higher and higher, but simply to stay in your position, would you not practice daily with it and keep it well affiliated?
The Rolling Stones magazine said of the character of Tyrion Lannister that he is "the master of the game." In a story full of fighting, blood and violence, a dwarf who knows what he wants, why and how to get it. If we can even get a double meaning out of that derogatory nickname of dwarf that give you in history!
Now you know. If someone ever asks you why you read so much (with that ironic tone that is usually done) you can answer: "to keep the edge."