And there is escaping things the knowledge of which makes one unhappy. If “truth” is what we know and are aware of, in the most engrossing fiction we escape truth. Whatever else it is, drama is forgetfulness. We can forget and forget that we are forgetting. It is temporary mind control. If memories are pain, fiction is anesthesia.
-Thomas C. Schelling
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