From an early age she had developed the art of being alone and generally preferred her own company to anyone else's. She read books at enormous speed and judged them entirely on her ability to remove her from her material surroundings. In almost all the unhappiest days of her life she had been able to escape from her own inner world by living temporarily in someone else's, and on the two or three occasions that she had been too upset to concentrate she had been desolate.
From a young age, the protagonist found solace in solitude, often choosing to be alone rather than in the company of others. Her love for reading allowed her to immerse herself in different worlds, providing much-needed escape from her reality. She judged the books not merely by their content but by how effectively they transported her away from her surroundings.
Often, during her toughest times, literature became her refuge, allowing her to live vicariously through various characters and experiences. However, there were moments when her emotional turmoil hindered her ability to concentrate on reading, leaving her feeling profoundly desolate and disconnected from the comfort she usually found in books.
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