These are all novels, all about people that never existed, the people that read them it makes them unhappy with their own lives. Makes them want to live in other ways they can never really be.

Ray Bradbury
These are all novels, all about people that never existed,...
These are all novels, all about people that never existed,...
These are all novels, all about people that never existed,...
These are all novels, all about people that never existed,...
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When reading a book, it is easy to lose yourself in the world of the story. Books are based on characters who aren't real, but people can relate to them. They make us happier and more optimistic. They make us think differently about our own lives.

But the downside of reading is that people can feel unhappy with their own lives when they read a book that is similar to their life. Reading books about fictional characters makes people want their own lives to be different from what they are currently living.

Source: Fahrenheit 451

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