The purpose of fiction is to combat loneliness. On the other hand, spending most of your time with a 1100-page book tends to put a dent in your social life.
Loneliness simultaneously increased and decreased.
Grace is not a time or place dependent.
Life happened.
Sometimes you just have to talk about what you love and hide those you don't.
Nobody feels like an adult. It's the word's dirty secret.
Reading about life was taking time away from actually living life.
Most of the time when I'm out, I keep thinking I would be so much happier in bed with a book, that makes me feel not super cool. I still read, tons. I just feel like I'm more aware of a book's limitations.
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