“ Maybe there is no too long, only attentions that are too short. We may skip parts, or skim, or do as we wish, but we should be cautious of when we do. We should not be hard on ourselves because of what we are not yet ready for. Instead, we should allow ourselves a certain degree of forgiveness to wait on the things that require much of us. Maybe we should not strive to be complete in what we consume, and instead learn to be content being in the presence of the text in front of us.
