Rick GekoskiWhat is so addictive about fiction is that it is the one reliable place in which we can apprehend and participate in - fully understand - the inward world of another person.
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What is so addictive about fiction is that it is the one reliable place in which we can apprehend and participate in - fully understand - the inward world of another person. Fictions are not lies, but they are lies of truth.
Source: Outside Of A Dog
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