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Well, this is a cultural norm worth resurrecting. There's something inherently better about reading with a pen in hand, as the work becomes both a stimulant for your mind, and a repository for it's reactions. This is especially true for something like Shakespear or philosophy (you need a pen to pick quotes out of Marcus Aurelius Meditations).

Additionally (and non-trivially for those with access to good ones) used book-stores heavily discount books with any marks in them; and yet, I find these marks are often (although not always) quite fascinating.