I don't like work--no man does--but I like what is in the work--the chance to find yourself. Your own reality--for yourself not for others--what no other man can ever know. They can only see the mere show, and never can tell what it really means.

Joseph Conrad
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A great work of literature will be inspiring to the audience reading them, but to the author it can be a painful experience. They are very hard to write but the work is not worth it if you cannot get something out of it. The book is only worth the time spent writing it when you hope to get something out of it in the end. When you read a book you are exposed to new ideas and thoughts that will change your life.

Source: Heart Of Darkness

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