[wiseowise]

> We can only read a text once, given the number of compelling works and the limited time available to us.

You deliberately pulled it out of context, didn't you?

[m-hodges]

No. I hold my reaction even with OP’s “given”. You can, in fact, read a text more than once, given the number of compelling works and the limited time available to us.

[IAmBroom]

Yes, it's your choice to do so, and OP's choice to (oddly) presume we can't do it.

[wiseowise]

If reading is all you want to do in life – sure.