some books you have to read to be free of. you liberate yourself from books by reading and mastering them. it is true: an unread book can bind you. most go through life quoting books and authors they have not read or if read they are slave to. I have seen it with my own eyes. it is a scary thing. most books you can ignore, you will not be the poorer for not reading them. but some will not go away until you have read them. the big books, the great ones, cannot be avoided. they are there whether you like it or not and they make a claim on you whether you like it or not. if you do not read them you will not know that they are not true.