The point isn’t to live without any regrets. The point is to not hate ourselves for having them.
Kathryn SchulzRead
As a kid, I lived almost entirely inside books, and eventually the books started returning the favor. A lot of my internal world feels like an anthology, or a library. It's eclectic and disorganized, but I can browse in it, and that hugely shapes both what and how I write.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Books greatly influence our thoughts and creativity, shaping how we express ourselves.
In this quote, Kathryn Schulz reflects on her childhood experience of immersing herself in books. She describes how this deep engagement with literature has cultivated a rich internal world that informs her writing style and choices, highlighting the transformative power of reading and the eclectic, sometimes chaotic, nature of inspiration drawn from various sources.
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BooksWritingImaginationReadingCreativity
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about the importance of literature in education, you could say, 'As Kathryn Schulz noted, books can shape our internal world and influence our writing.'
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