“If you’re reading to find friends, you’re in deep trouble. We read to find life, in all its possibilities. The relevant question isn’t ‘Is this a potential friend for me?’ but ‘Is this character alive?'” IfsCharacterReadingAliveTroublePossibilityRelevant Author:Claire Messud
“And then, into the fantasy, as into a dream, would come the thought: it's not like this anymore; the world has changed. Just the way, even at that time fully two years after my mother's death, I'd catch myself thinking about her as alive; and would suddenly remember, an admonitory finger of grief upon my breast, that she was gone.” ThinkingWorldWayYearsTwoDreamRememberMotherGriefFantasyGoneAliveChangedFingersBreastsTwo YearsThinking About Her Author:Claire Messud
