“Great fiction shows us not how to conduct our behavior but how to feel. Eventually, it may show us how to face our feelings and face our actions and to have new inklings about what they mean. A good novel of any year can initiate us into our own new experience.” FeelsYearsMayMeanShowsFeelingsActionFacesFictionNovelBehaviorOur ActionsNew ExperiencesInitiate Book:On Writing Source: On Writing
“We have all experienced times when, instead of being buffeted by anonymous forces, we do feel in control of our actions, masters of our own fate. On the rare occasions that it happens, we feel a sense of exhilaration.” FeelsHappensActionForceDestinyFateMastersOccasionsOur ActionsExhilarationRare Occasion Book:Flow: the psychology of optimal experience Source: Flow: the psychology of optimal experience