You don't put your life into your books, you find it there.

Alan Bennett
You don't put your life into your books, you find...
You don't put your life into your books, you find...
You don't put your life into your books, you find...
You don't put your life into your books, you find...
About This Quote

You don't put your life into your books, you find it there. This quote has a lot to say about the importance of being authentic. The people we become are a reflection of who we are on the inside, and the way we see ourselves in our mind. The problem is that so many people try to pretend to be what they’re not.

We put our lives into the books we write, our poems, our songs. We put our lives into the work we create. And then, when someone reads it or hears it, they see how much work has gone into it.

They see what that person is like on the inside. And that fuels the desire to know more about them, because most people want to know more about themselves than they do about most other people.

Source: The Uncommon Reader

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