The most disheartening tendency common among readers is to tear out one sentence from a work, as a criterion of the writer's ideas or personality.

Don't cut words to make your writing shorter.

Cut words to reduce friction for the reader.

As a writer, you're competing with TikTok and Netflix.

So the easier it is to read, the more likely the reader is to stick around.

"She tore a page from the book and ripped it in half.
Then a chapter.
Soon, there was nothing but scraps of words littered between her legs and all around her. The words. Why did they have to exist? Without them, there wouldn't be any of this. Without words, the Führer was nothing. There would be no limping prisoners, no need for consolation or wordly tricks to make us feel better.
What good were the words?
She said it audibly now, to the orange-lit room. "What good are the words?

but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.

If a book is well written, I always find it too short.

Why tear off a single page when you can throw away the book?