reasons people think i give and recommend they read certain books: so that they can enjoy them and gain a sense of fulfilment
actual reasons I give and recommend people read books: so that they suffer, because I have suffered, in solitude, unable to find peace till the day when my pain dwells in another and they look at me, knowingly, with a look of crestfallen understanding as they too have felt the sharp twist of those words upon their souls and it brings me the slightest of comforts in these bleak times