May I respectfully call the the attention of the Board that nobody has cited a single instance of the above quotation having any merit whatsoever. It is a piece of burbling balderdash.

Well, what can you expect, after all? Look at the occupations of the author! (No offense, wow--I know you're the exception to the rule.)
There is certainly merit in what you say, wwh. Many times I have read a book for the second or even third time, and found something I hadn't noticed before.

EDIT: Dag nabbit, tsuwm! You snuck yours in two seconds ahead of mine, and now everybody will think I copied off you! [mock frown emoticon]