Julie Schumacher Quotes
I Thought About The People I Had Met Who Were In Pain But Were Pretending That Everything Was Fine. And I Thought, This Is What Books Can Do For Us: They Can Acknowledge Our Experience And Take The Lid Off Our Isolation And Make Us Feel Less Alone. To Me, Books Have Always Been A Great Source Of Comfort
not Because They Allow For Escapism (though That's Certainly One Of Their Benefits) But Because They Offer Recognition. Face To Face With Other People, We Might Give In To The Impulse To Pretend That Everything Is "fine"; But When We Open The Cover Of A Book
I'm Talking Mostly About Novels Here
there Is No Shame And No Need To Pretend. Good Fiction Has Never Lied To Me. When I Immerse Myself In A Book I Feel Recognized And Therefore Relieved. I Turn The Pages And Think, Yes, I Have Felt That Too
that Loneliness And Joy And Anxiety And Confusion And Fear. When I Read, What Once Seemed Meaningless Gains Meaning, And I Am Not Alone.
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