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\u201cReading is not like listening to music, but rather like making music. The reader himself is the instrument.\u201d \u2014\u00a0Martin Walser The quote in the original German is \u201cLesen ist nicht etwas wie Musikh\u00f6ren, sondern wie Musizieren. Das Instrument ist man selbst.\u201d It comes from\u00a0his book Des Lesers Selbstverst\u00e4ndnis, p.12, and I found it quoted in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":31441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[6609,7064,7803,10008],"class_list":["post-31440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspirational","tag-listening","tag-martin-walser","tag-music","tag-reading"],"yoast_head":"\n
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