"Availability is the most attractive feature" and other bad, terrible life lessons from books

It's commonplace to talk about the amazing wonderful inspiring things we learn from books- and certainly I learned plenty. Being true to yourself, seeking adventure, making friends, learning about history, learning about violence, - these are some good things I personally learned about from books. But we don't talk about the bad life lessons from books- the ones that imprinted on us and continue to haunt us in a bad way, rearing their ugly head once in a while, much like a shitty parent. I read the line abo