Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?
The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary. It is the only art which can be practiced at any hour of the day or night, whenever the time and inclination comes, that is your time for reading; in joy or sorrow, health or illness.
Another thing: despite my youthful appearance, I am quite capable of making decisions.