Literature may be false, but it is not trivial.
Self-realization sounds good. But what if only an enraged dwarf emerges?
Either offer me something I really like, or stop trying to tempt me.
There are different rules for reading, for thinking, and for talking. Writing blends all three of them.
Old age: I fall asleep during the funerals of my friends.
I really like life, don't you? There's nothing else quite like it.