No matter how people mess with you or let you down, or how you let yourself down, a good book means that when you get in bed that night, you have a good hour. I feel like you pay all day for that hour. That's what books mean to me. I can open this two-dimensional, flat white page with squiggly little black marks on them, and someone has created this world that you're going to enter into ... Anne Lamott
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To borrow a line from Shakespeare, “All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players,” John Green is speaking to the idea that life is not a fairytale. We are not perfect beings, but we are imperfect beings that make mistakes. That means that sometimes the story of our lives will be told by others. Even if they are not perfect people I will always remember who they were or what they did for me.

They may hurt me or let me down but I will remember them fondly. A good book also means that even when you are tired, you can escape to another world of imagination where you will forget about your troubles. This is why many people love reading so much.

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