The flesh, alas, is sad, and I have read all the books.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I always feel sad when I come to the end of a book.
I cry at the end of every book.
The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all.
The books are funny and sad, and that's what people respond to.
But you cannot expect every writer to dwell on human suffering. I think my books do deal with grave issues. People who say they are too positive probably haven't read them.
The saddest thing about myself is that I never read a book. I never got the habit.
I picked up 'On Moral Fiction' in the bookstore and looked up myself in the index, but I didn't read it through. I try not to read things that depress me.
I really am not affected by the tragic aspects of my books.
I don't want to read a book that's depressing.
It is heartrending to read the entries in many an old family Bible - the records of suffering, distress, and blasted hopes.
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