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>tfw watching television
Feels dfw-esque mane
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>>8968550
>tfw turned into a bug
Feels Kafka-esque mane
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As the world turns mane
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>>8968640
That's brilliant.
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rip in peace
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I often wonder about authors who are literally only famous because of the movie versions of one of their books (Blatty, Burgess). Arguably, Kesey is also in this group.
It seems bittersweet to be known as "the guy who wrote the book."
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>>8968541
rest in peace in peace?
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>>8968618
It's an old meme. You're gonna get called a newfag by a bunch of fat losers who do nothing but this all day.
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I have a very basic understanding of linguistics. I'd like to see you guys talk about it and learn from reading you're conversations.
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>>8968543
this desu
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>>8968564
epic meme bros XD
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>>8968543
contemporary phonetics is indisputably science.
but it is disputably linguistics
Things we thought when we were fourteen:
>lovecraft is a good writer
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>>8968504
>women and minorities are morally equal to the white man
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Do they still make you wear the helmet?
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>>8968504
I didn't fall for H.P.'s bullshit, fuck off
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I'm looking for literature where the writing isn't necessarily based on anything, but a stream where the words flow together like the beauty of watching the waves roll in on a beach. Not finnegan's wake, please.
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>>8968483
The Waves
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>>8968483
Ulysses
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the rainbow
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My Greatest Pt. 1
My Greatest Fear...
Is saying goodbye to the shit that's eating me alive.
It's my strength that helps me get by. A remedy from committing suicide. So I, am going to contemplate on sayin goodnight. Before I do I'm a let my demons come out with pride.
I equally hate, discriminate, organize, and anticipate. Cuss against God, but what the hey. I ask him every day. Why are things this way? I wanna rise to grace. Instead I fall, I'm a disgrace. I don't mean to hate on myself, but the way I'm living. I'm living in hell. I'm beggin on my knees, while i'm askin for help. I don't want fame. I don't want wealth. I don't do drugs to throw away my health. I have plans, things called goals. Got damn it I'm lost, another poor empty soul.
I feel broken and weak
So to put my mind at ease I go back to my knees.
Cock the gun, put it to my head, then squeeze. I won't ask nicely, I won't say please. All I got is belief. So best believe, with all my feelings they come from the deep, imma rise to my feet just to make the world see the struggles within me that weigh heavily like a disease.
My Greatest Weakness...
Is caring to much. Even for people I shouldn't touch. Just... because I cant let go of the past. So here's to one more night to out last, stand up to the world, and say kiss my ass...
Be honest. Don't dress to impress, don't stress, but do your best,If your sad, show joy, stand up rejoice. Don't let the feelings of the world break your poise. If you choose then choose by choice. No emotions remain calm. If I asked you to take my hand, would you grab by the palm. I'll take you to a world that don't have all this wrong. You don't have to worry about your daughters and their crazy mom. There won't be an apocalypse and all these bombs. You won't be considered a failure on journey so long. You will be greeted with me as my equal, my partner. You won't be worried and have to work harder. You will be free from the mind of emotional borders. You will see all, with no hidden corners. You will break free from the bounds of money just to find quarters. Take my hand, and live in the spoils.
My Greatest Enemy...
Is within my head, laughing cynically at everything I said. He doesn't believe in me, he wants me dead. So I'm asking for help ,to put him to rest. To rescue myself, from this stupid test.
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tl;dr lol
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>>8968458
>Life asked death
Wouldn't life want to kick death in the balls?
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>>8968458
The only reason people hate death is because it's eternal. Technically your consciousness dies every night multiple times during NREM sleep but nobody minds much because you get to wake up or dream the rest of the time. On the other hand if life were eternal you'd have some people hating it because of that also.
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Hi, what are some good books about dealing with grief, especially the death of a pet?
This is Snowball, she was 18 years old and suddenly and unexpectedly passed away early Sunday morning. Coincidentally, I posted about "patrician pets" only a few days before she passed, and I used pic related, which happens to be the last photo she posed for.
I really miss her and want something to read that would help me understand her death. I'm a Christian and am not sure whether I will eventually see her again or not. Can anybody help me out?
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>>8968455
>tfw my beloved mom died a few months back
>tfw I see this thread about a cat
Makes you think
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Pets are there as a grief practice, so later on when a real person ideas, you find it easier to cope.
So Snowball's last gift to you is arming you with the necessary tools for dealing with a death of a family member or friend.
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>>8968455
Aw shit, I remember seeing snowball in that thread and thinking "that's a cool cat". I'm sorry about your loss anon.
How can one novel so accurately predict 4chan culture? Ignatius is a mix of /lit/ pretentiousness, /r9k/ virgins, /tv/ low-brow culture banter and /pol/ critique of degeneracy, basically. He even predicted the "start with the Greeks" meme.
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"Begin with the late Romans, including Boethius, of course. Then you should dip rather extensively into early Medieval. You may skip the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. That is mostly dangerous propaganda. Now that I think of it, you had better skip the Romantics and the Victorians, too. For the contemporary period, you should study some selected comic books."
"I recommend Batman especially, for he tends to transcend the abysmal society in which he's found himself. His morality is rather rigid, also. I rather respect Batman.”
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“A firm rule must be imposed upon our nation before it destroys itself. The United States needs some theology and geometry, some taste and decency. I suspect that we are teetering on the edge of the abyss.”
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nice thread dipshit
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ITT: we post each others favourite books and r8 and h8
Me:
The Butcher Boy - Patrick McGabe
Blood Meridian - Cormack McCarthy
William Gass - The Tunnel
pic unrelated
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>>8968442
Good taste OP, you're not trying too hard to fit in. (I haven't read the tunnel, though)
Me:
Lolita (inb4 meme)
The Master and Margarita
If this is a man
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Lolita
Stoner
Paradise Lost
Antigone
Copenhagen
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It just arrived, /lit/
What am I in for?
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>>8968412
you're in for about 200 pages
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>>8968412
Read in public, look smart
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Extreme bardolatry and a great list.
>Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom
-Aristotle
Is this true? How well do you know yourself /lit/
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Sounds gaytarded as shit. Name something you'd consider wise and then explain how you couldn't comprehend it without knowing yourself.
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The knowing yourself expression seems vague. What is qualified as knowing yourself?
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>>8968235
From my understanding, the quote means understanding how you interpret wisdom. Like having the blueprint before you build the house.
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How can Sebastian and Hadrian read so much?
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Pls I need to know
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>>8968196
"read"
try skimming bruh.
ask them if they remember the intricacies of a book they read 100 books ago. checkm8
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i'd guess they're unemployed and don't have the twitch motor skills for Mario Kart.
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what does /lit/ think about Sometimes a great notion by Kesey? I've never seen it discussed here and I think it's a great book with interesting narration and rewarding story.
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b-bump :^(
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What the fuck, bump
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Am I really the only one who read and enjoyed it? I refuse to believe that
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What are the best books from 1998?
goodreads gives me some bullshit
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>>8968180
American Pastoral
>inb4 it's from 1997
So? It's still great, idiot
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>>8968183
Dude, that book was released on my birthday, that is fucking spooky man.
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>>8968180
What year was that cat born?
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Is this good reading? I only know of its existence because it ws mentioned in a dostoevsky novel. What version is best? There are like several on Amazon.
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>>8967967
Bump
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It's a large compilation of hagiographies. Does that interest you? I can't imagine reading it for non-religious purposes.
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>>8968339
Im not religious, I just thought the stories might be interesting.