"One of the biggest motivations for me with writing my books is to offer girls some escapism, especially girls who really need it, like I did."

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When I look back at what I've written and try to explain it, it doesn't help, but it helps to be in a process of writing. It's the same thing with reading - you lose yourself when you read as well. When I was younger I used literature that way, it was just escapism, a tool to run away from things.

— Karl Ove Knausgard