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Reading literature is a way of reaching back to something bigger and older and different. It can give you the feeling that you belong to the past as well as the present, and it can help you realize that your present will someday be someone else__ past. This may be disheartening, but it can also be strangely consoling at times.
Wendy Lesser Why I Read: The Serious Pleasure of Books
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Reading literature is a way of reaching back to something bigger and older and different. It can give you the feeling that you belong to the past as well as the present, and it can help you realize that your present will someday be someone else__ past. This may be disheartening, but it can also be strangely consoling at times.
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Why I Read: The Serious Pleasure of Books

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