In Films, We Are Voyeurs, But In Novels, We Have The Experience Of Being Someone Else: Knowing Another

In films, we are voyeurs, but in novels, we have the experience of being someone else: knowing another person's soul from the inside. No other art form does that. And this is why sometimes, when we put down a book, we find ourselves slightly altered as human beings.

Donna Tartt

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