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“We read to understand others. To understand someone else is empathy. That person might not have anything in common with us at all. He may be a monstrous being who shoots his own daughter, but like us he also carries deep pain within him. In that sense, we can transcend our individual selves and experiences to empathise with his circumstances.”
— Aug 06, 2026 09:38PM
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“There’s nothing I want to do more than to relax the entire day with a book”
— Aug 10, 2026 02:49AM
Black Flamed Candle Books 🕯️📚
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“July is coming to an end…it would be nice to just lie in bed all day and read.
'Aren't you already reading every day?' I can hear your thoughts from the other side of the book.”
— Aug 08, 2026 03:14AM
'Aren't you already reading every day?' I can hear your thoughts from the other side of the book.”
Black Flamed Candle Books 🕯️📚
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“When I imagine myself as a novel character, I crave the infinite possibilities of life. To step away from the dichotomy of success and failure, and stop judging a person's life based on their achievements or mistakes. I read to live in the moment.”
— Aug 08, 2026 03:12AM
Black Flamed Candle Books 🕯️📚
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“Ultimately, it's either a happy ending or a sad one.
Life, too, doesn't care whether you succeed or fail in the end. What's important is how you choose to live each day, what you learnt, and the kind of stories you want to fill your life.”
— Aug 08, 2026 03:11AM
Life, too, doesn't care whether you succeed or fail in the end. What's important is how you choose to live each day, what you learnt, and the kind of stories you want to fill your life.”
Black Flamed Candle Books 🕯️📚
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“In ‘What Authors Do’ by Kim Yeon-su, stories are born out of characters seeking what they don't have, which is why you'll never get a perfect character who already has everything. We read about their struggles, their efforts, and the higher they aspire, the more intense the stories get.”
— Aug 08, 2026 03:11AM
Black Flamed Candle Books 🕯️📚
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“And those who name a character after themselves - is that their way of finding purpose in storytelling?”
— Aug 08, 2026 03:08AM
Black Flamed Candle Books 🕯️📚
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“I wonder what authors are thinking when they write a novel. Do they want to put a bit of themselves inside?” (Self-insert?)
— Aug 08, 2026 03:07AM
Black Flamed Candle Books 🕯️📚
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“Just like I analyse characters in a novel, I am better able to observe myself from a distance. I…give everything to live a vivid, colourful life, I'm the type who realises, belatedly, how plain my life is and then feels a lingering regret that I hadn't done more.”
— Aug 08, 2026 03:06AM
Black Flamed Candle Books 🕯️📚
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“To observe myself objectively, sometimes I imagine myself as a fictional character. When I do that, it's as if I'm looking at ‘me’ through a camera. In a novel, what type of character would I be? I don't think I'm the type that causes trouble…Maybe I'm the bluntly honest friend that rubs others up the wrong way?”
— Aug 08, 2026 03:05AM
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“Good books teach us empathy and connect each of us.”
— Aug 06, 2026 09:39PM