To write is to forget. Literature is the pleasantest way of ignoring life.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Writing allows one to forget reality, making literature a comfortable way to ignore life.
- In plain terms
- Writing makes you forget, and literature is a nice way to ignore life.
- What can you take from it?
- Literature can serve as an escape from confronting real life.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Do you write to escape?
- How does literature affect your view of life?
Another view
It dismisses the constructive role literature plays in understanding and processing life.
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