You might think of the barrier between fiction and reality as being a bit like a blood-brain barrier, which allows only some kinds of molecules to pass from the bloodstream into the brain. Emotions can easily pass from the fictional world into the real one, so that fiction can feel as if it were real. But BELIEFS are blocked. We KNOW the events have no bearing in the real world. Gregory C. Carlson
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In a world that seems to be going mad, where your rights are being violated and you feel helpless, you just want to forget about this sick sick world that is destroying everyone. You just want to lock yourself in a room with only two doors and pretend that the world is just like it should be.

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