Hermann Hesse on How to Read a Book and How to Read Yourself
We read to learn how to live — how to love and how to suffer, how to grieve and how to be glad. We read for the assurance that others have lived through what we are living through.
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We read to learn how to live — how to love and how to suffer, how to grieve and how to be glad.
We read for the assurance that others have lived through what we are living through.
"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read," James Baldwin reflected in his most personal interview.
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We read to learn how to live — how to love and how to suffer, how to grieve and how to be glad. We read for the assurance that others have lived through what we are living through. "You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read," James Baldwin reflected in his most personal interview.
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We read to clarify ourselves and to anneal our values.
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