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Originally Posted by issybird
Life-changing is a high bar [...]
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Very!
Looking back, I can't help questioning cause and effect. Did I read a book because my life was changing, or did my life change because I read a book? There seems no way, in retrospect, to separate the events.
And then there's the question: as profound as the impact seemed at the time, did it actually change my life? Or do I only wish that it had?
Plus the bar just keeps getting higher. As the years accumulate I've grown wary of the seemingly profound or enlightening. Should any one book ever be truly life-changing? In my cynical years I think not. Give me another perspective. Tell me the other side. There's
always another side.