Aldous HuxleyThe trouble with fiction, " said John Rivers, "is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense.
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John Rivers was a famous novelist of the nineteenth century, famous for his work “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”. He once said, “The trouble with fiction is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense.” Rivers was saying that fiction helps us understand what is happening to us. He believed that reality is simply too hard to understand. However, the truth of the matter is reality makes sense; after all, it is what we all experience every day.
Source: The Genius And The Goddess
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