Refuge from the Miseries of Life (Quote of the Day)

Sorry for disappearing over the weekend - I meant to schedule some posts to go up but didn't get a chance to do so before heading home to visit my mom for the weekend.

So now I'm catching up and readying for the week and as I am a bit swamped with work and life, and also fighting off allergies, I'm posting my usual Sunday Quote a day later... but I'm sure you'll all forgive me, right?

"To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life." -W. Somerset Maugham

I'd like to know which miseries he isn't including in this reading refuge... thoughts? Agree with him? Disagree?