We don't read novels to have an experience like life. Heck, we're living lives, complete with all the incompleteness. We turn to fiction to have an author assure us that it means something.

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This quote suggests that the purpose of reading novels is not to replicate real-life experiences, as we are already living our own imperfect lives. Instead, we indulge in fiction to seek reassurance from authors that there is inherent meaning and significance in our existence. Novels provide us with a sense of purpose and allow us to contemplate the deeper aspects of life that may be elusive or intangible in our daily reality.

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