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Originally Posted by Alphapheemail
But I still can't shake off this feeling that I can't handle life. That I'm too weak so I need to escape... maybe it's true.
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I think you do yourself a disservice by thinking and saying this. Does reading fiction make you shirk your life's responsibilities?
Knowing what I know now, I would feel very sorry for myself if I did not read fiction. Because I now know what I'd be missing out on---the lives, the stories, laughter, tears, profound insight, adventures, other ways of living, the beautiful prose and poetry.
And, yes, one reason I read is because some writers have the gift for writing beautiful and profound sentences---that those sentences and their meaning go straight to my heart and circumvent my mind, perhaps much like a striking painting or photograph would.