The Pickwick Club discussion

Linda wrote: "retreat into the my safe and happy bubble of my family and stack of books. "

Good point, but then I have a leaning towards the more pessimistic authors, too ;-)

Tristram wrote: "but then I have a leaning towards the more pessimistic authors, too"

ha ha. But then at least you can say "well, I'm glad I'm not living the life of the characters in this novel", and hopefully that will make you feel better. :)

Tristram wrote: "Linda wrote: "retreat into the my safe and happy bubble of my family and stack of books. "

Good point, but then I have a leaning towards the more pessimistic authors, too ;-)"

I also tend to look on the "bad" side of things and those perky, happy people drive me crazy at times. A woman asked me once if I wouldn't rather be a cheerful, optimistic person and I said no, I'd rather be just as I am, those happy people are devastated when something bad happens, I expected it in the first place. :-)

Kim wrote: "Tristram wrote: "Linda wrote: "retreat into the my safe and happy bubble of my family and stack of books. "

Good point, but then I have a leaning towards the more pessimistic authors, too ;-)"

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A very good philosophy, Kim!

Linda wrote: "Tristram wrote: "but then I have a leaning towards the more pessimistic authors, too"

ha ha. But then at least you can say "well, I'm glad I'm not living the life of the characters in this novel",..."

Maybe one is not living the life of the respective character, but one is still living in a world close to that described in the book ;-)