"Readers may be divided into four classes:
Sponges, who absorb all that they read and return it in nearly the same state, only a little dirtied.
Sand-glasses, who retain nothing and are content to get through a book for the sake of getting through the time.
Strain-bags, who retain merely the dregs of what they read.
Mogul diamonds, equally rare and valuable, who profit by what they read, and enable others to profit by it also. "
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
poet, critic (1772-1834)
which one are you?
14 comments:
I used to be a Mogul diamond, but now I struggle to even be a strain-bag.
I'm so lame.
I'm a little of all of them from time to time. Depends on how I feel and what I'm reading. Just saying. Have a great day Katherine. Big hug. :)
I'd like to think I am a mogul Diamond...but I might be a Sponge
I'd like to think that I am a Mogul diamond but some times I fail to retain much of anything due to this whole early on-set dementia I've got going on!
I strive to be a Mogul diamond... for it as important to be a good reader as it is a good writer.
And everything in life is about learning...
Of course it depends on what I'm reading.
Sponge for some--mogul diamond for others.
And, truth be told, sand-glasses for others that are sand-glass worthy.
Wait.
Yaknow, I've gone back to re-read some of those 'sand-glass' books only to discover it was my attitude about what I was reading and not about the content between the covers.
I really didn't read the post that carefully, so I don't which one I am.
I do know that Coleridge is one of my heroes. I think it was his love of opium, that sealed the deal. Cheers Kat!!
I think I'm a Spogal Sandbag. I check the book off the list after I've retained what I've sifted through only to share my findings with another.
I think I'm a Mogul Diamond, at least I hope I am but I surely have tendencies of all at times.
I used to be a mogul diamond... now I have TV!
I've always thought of myself as sort of a sea cucumber.
I think it depends on what I'm reading. Although I don't think I could ever be a sand-glass, because if I'm not interested in the material I won't just read it to have read it.
I'm sponge-like but it stays with me and sort of marinates. I wouldn't go so far as to say it comes back out diamond-like.
hmmmmmm
maybe there is another genre of reader. . .
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