>“I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound

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2017-07-23 02:39:41 Post No. 9793448
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Anonymous 2017-07-23 02:39:41 Post No. 9793448 [Report]

>“I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us. If the book we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading for? So that it will make us happy, as you write? Good Lord, we would be happy precisely if we had no books, and the kind of books that make us happy are the kind we could write ourselves if we had to. But we need books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us. That is my belief.”

Do you agree, /lit/?

Anonymous 2017-07-23 04:12:45 Post No.9793729
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Anonymous 2017-07-23 04:12:45 Post No.9793729 [Report]

ye

Anonymous 2017-07-23 04:29:02 Post No.9793786
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Anonymous 2017-07-23 04:29:02 Post No.9793786 [Report]

>>9793448
I genuinely can't enjoy "feel good" or happy books any more, they just feel so hollow and delusional. I'm not even a depressed or sad person at all, I just find literature delving into painful/tortured perspectives actually leaves me something to think about after I'm done reading. For example if the Underground man ~~ended up taking care of/living with Liza~~ instead of how the ending plays out, I wouldn't have given it another thought. I still have trouble with the epilogue of Crime and Punishment for this reason.

Anonymous 2017-07-23 05:00:15 Post No.9793882
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Anonymous 2017-07-23 05:00:15 Post No.9793882 [Report]

>>9793786
I sort of agree. Reading ""serious"" literature has crushed sentimentality for me. I cringe at the average Hollywood flick nowadays whereas before I could be immersed completely in the feeling.

Anonymous 2017-07-23 05:03:26 Post No.9793888
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Anonymous 2017-07-23 05:03:26 Post No.9793888 [Report]

>>9793448
That's one of the most brilliant quotes I have ever read, and I agree entirely.

Anonymous 2017-07-23 05:07:25 Post No.9793898
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Anonymous 2017-07-23 05:07:25 Post No.9793898 [Report]

>>9793448
Based

Anonymous 2017-07-23 05:08:36 Post No.9793904
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Anonymous 2017-07-23 05:08:36 Post No.9793904 [Report]

>>9793448
Let me take a stab at this Mexican motherfucker right here, this lazy bed ridden beaner with daddy issues. First off, my young and short friend, you are just a small part of a bigger world, a very small part, you especially small, and the world big and bossy like your dad, listen up son! You got whipped and now you like it, yea, you like getting smacked don't you, oh yeah, you wanna get devestated huh? Faggot. Grow the fuck up. Beat down the fucking door with eight legs and do what cockaroach motherfuckers do best and I don't know what that is, frankly the thought frightens me, but seriously, in all respect, fuck you.

>continues rereading Ferdinand the Bull

Anonymous 2017-07-23 05:10:07 Post No.9793906
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