...he had to comfort himself with the firm conviction that most of what he objected to in Mohawk and the world at large was not the result of people reading the wrong books, but rather of not reading any at all.

Richard Russo
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This quote is very insightful. The author, Orson Scott Card, is essentially saying that he had to rely on himself to feel happy. He had to comfort himself with the firm conviction that most of what he objected to in Mohawk and the world at large was not the result of people reading the wrong books, but rather of not reading any at all.

Source: Mohawk

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