Anyone who thinks they stand apart from society and defies all which govern its existence has less in common with the lone wolf patriot standing up to dystopic forces of oppression - a myth - and more in common with the disease known as cancer - a harsh reality.
There's a harsh reality - nothing lasts forever. You have to be ready to grow, and grow fast.
Until I read Anne Frank's diary, I had found books a literal escape from what could be the harsh reality around me. After I read the diary, I had a fresh way of viewing the both literature and the world. From then on, I found I was impatient with books that were not honest or that were trivial and frivolous.
It's a good harsh reality, because my family keeps me very grounded.
Mixing humour and harsh reality is a very human behaviour, it's the way people stay sane in their daily lives.