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Reading As Refuge After A Breakup
- Vanessa used Jane Eyre to soothe herself after a breakup and an all-night crisis before a final exam.
- Reading Jane Eyre's long scene with Rochester calmed her enough to sleep and later became the seed for treating secular texts as sacred.
Cultivating Secular Texts As Sacred
- Vanessa realized she could intentionally cultivate secular texts to serve the consoling role religion often plays.
- Studying with Professor Stephane Palsell and starting a Jane Eyre group led her to adapt the practice to Harry Potter and build a community.
Hope Held Back To Avoid Disappointment
- Judith Giller Linwall compared hope's opposite to disappointment and described living optimistically as risky but productive.
- She ties Harry's isolation and pessimism to avoiding disappointment, arguing reckless optimism actualizes better outcomes.