"There could be nothing as important as a book can be."

Can a book be your ticket to wealth? Yes.

Can a book be your path to excellence? Yes.

Can a book be your road to redemption? Yes.

Can a book be your trail to legacy? Yes.

Can a book be your chance to speak? Yes.

Can a book be your excuse to dream? Yes.

Can a book be your opportunity to hope? Yes.

Books, like bricks, build a house of knowledge. Neither television, movies, nor social media can claim the same. When you read a book, you bypass learning the hard way. You glean lessons from the past. You see paths to a better future. When you write one, you shore up those wandering, disconnected ideas that have plagued you for so long.

There could be nothing as important as a book can be*.

*This line is from editor Max Perkins, whose biography I started yesterday.