Gabrielle DuboisWhat's happiness for a reader? Be pleasantly surprised by a book from which he expected nothing.
About This Quote
This quote from the famous writer, Ernest Hemingway, says that a reader’s happiness with a book is not dependent on reading it. In other words, the happiness you feel from reading a good book does not depend on what you expect from it. It is important to read books that will be enjoyable and sometimes unexpected. If you read every book going through every genre with a specific expectation, chances are that you will not enjoy many of them.
You will be disappointed because you will have set yourself up for a disappointment. Of course, you can still expect a book to be a certain genre or style. But if it is an unexpected surprise, then even better!
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