I myself love to read.  It is amazing to consider the cognitive skill to process the decoding of symbols to derive meaning.  What about you?  Do you like to read?
I love to read, mostly fiction.  It can transport you to another place.
That's true.  I suppose it is the result of the complexities of the interaction between the writer and the reader.  Fictional stories require an amazing ability by the writing to transport the reader based on prior knowledge, experiences, and attitudes.  Amazing to consider how powerful reading and writing are.
Very much so, I feel the old adage of the pen being mightier than the sword is, quite frankly, a true statement.
The pen is mightier than the sword
"The pen is mightier than the sword" is a metonymic adage, coined by English author Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1839, indicating that communication (particularly written language), or in some interpretations, administrative power or advocacy of an independent press, is a more effective tool than direct violence.
Origin.
The sentence (if not the idea, which had been expressed in various earlier forms) was coined by English author Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1839 for his play
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