What to Read and Why Quotes

“In any case, it is neither the responsibility nor the purpose of art to make us better human beings. And it’s no wonder that art that takes on this solemn task so often winds up being didactic, preachy, cloying, and less effective than art with a less exalted notion of its purpose.”
― Francine Prose, What to Read and Why: Illuminating Essays on Literature, Language, and the Craft of Writing by a Distinguished Critic