/lit/ - Literature

>>13584107
I think it's the author's expression of apothesis; the godlike exemption they hold themselves above their intended audience. Rules for thee and not for me. No sacrifice despite being "tortured" people.
Plus it's a lot easier to write morality than it is to live it.

Compared to reading a book by say monks who actually live what they preach; describing the difficulty of such path and how he overcomes is temptations and sufferings.