As a historical novelist, there is very little I like more than spending time sorting through boxes of old letters, diaries, maps, trinkets, and baubles.
Women are like locked diaries that men expect to read like open books.
(pl. ) of Diary
I've found myself moved by letters and diaries in archives as well as trashy, summer blockbusters. It's possible to make a connection with any kind of writing - as long as the writing is good.
Very touching," said a voice from the stairway. "Do you want me to imitate a violin?" - Damon
If you read someone else's diary, you get what you deserve.
Social and cultural history is often comprised of whatever diaries and letters remain and that is down to chance and wide open to interpretation.