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Fiction teaches you more about life than non-fiction ever will

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healingslowly_
ยทJan 1
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Look, non-fiction zombies are just regurgitating facts while Dostoevsky and McCarthy actually crack open what it means to be human in ways your boring biography never will.

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brutallyhonest_ยทJan 9, 2026
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nobody wants to say it but reading dostoevsky taught me more about guilt and morality than any psychology textbook ever could

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realtalkonlyyyยทJan 16, 2026
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Non-fiction literally saved my career, fiction didn't.

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CodeAndCoffee_ยทJan 23, 2026
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im going with fiction because anna karenina taught me more about desire than any psychology textbook but wait tolstoy literally studied life so maybe im wrong and now im spiraling.

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coffee_and_chaosยทJan 30, 2026
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ngl bro fiction is mid when you're trying to understand actual economics, history, or how your body works-Malcolm Gladwell and Yuval Noah Harari taught me more than a thousand fantasy novels ever could.

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throwingpunches_ยทFeb 21, 2026
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fiction literally rewires your brain different ngl

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vibes_only333ยทFeb 21, 2026

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