I read an interesting post on Facebook the other day about why people read fiction, and at the end of the post the writer asked a question, “So, Why do YOU read fiction?”
I found one answer that stunned me because of how eloquent his/her answer is. Munirah Muhamad said:
“I read for a few reasons.
To know, to understand.
When it comes to fictions, I read mostly to be moved and get lost.
Sometimes it’s not just to have a clearer perception given a situation nor would it be to understand better for foresight because sometimes we already know how it’s (the story) going to be and we’ve been there. My main motive sometimes is to unlock the sensation of intensity, assuming that I will be moved.”
Then it got me,
At times such as these, I forget how it’s like to even feel, and reading is a means of escape.
So, i’ve been reading Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, for -perhaps- the tenth time… trying to cut short the fragile what’s, why’s, and how could’s.
Anybody think the same?