Can a person who only reads non-fiction truly be a romantic?
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9 comments:
Yes. The best romantic things are the ones that are true.
Yes. They might just be saving their imagination for what's off the page.
I agree with the above to comments.
Bow chicka wow wow. @Raj
There's a beauty in literature that only a true romantic can appreciate. I have no doubt of that. How can one who seeks romance neglect such art?
I think fiction allows you to live outside yourself and imagine things you'd never think about in your own 'world'. When reading fiction you can become someone else for a time. When I re-read Jane Eyre a few years ago, I realized how my love of reading fiction shaped me as I was growing up. The only problem is that sometimes reading about someone else's life can cause me to become discontent with mine, so I have to be careful. So I think if we only read non-fiction we might be missing out on romance in life.
(Cindy)
Now I feel bad about my lowbrow comment.
Oh shut up. It made me laugh.
A one sentence blog that has gotten so many comments? My God, it has to be some kind of record.
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