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Eros is an issue of boundaries. He exists because certain boundaries do. In the interval between reach and grasp, between glance and counterglance, between ‘I love you’ and ‘I love you too,’ the absent presence of desire comes alive. But the boundaries of time and glance and I love you are only aftershocks of the main, inevitable boundary that creates Eros: the boundary of flesh and self between you and me. And it is only, suddenly, at the moment when I would dissolve that boundary, I realize I never can.

Anne Carson, Eros the Bittersweet

Le sens dernier de l'érotisme est la fusion, la suppression de la limite. En son premier mouvement, l'érotisme n'en est pas moins signifié par la position d'un l'objet du désir.

The extreme meaning of eroticism is fusion, the suppression of the boundary. In its first movement, eroticism is nonetheless signified by the position of an object of desire.

Georges Bataille, Œuvres complètes X: L'Èrotisme, Le Proces de Gilles de Rais, Les Larmes D'Èros (translation by me)

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Unknown AFTER THE DAWN COMES THE DAY 1969 woodblock with softground etching 20 x 25 3/4 in. (50.8 x 65.4 cm) Taubman Museum of Art

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when they say “you’re hot” but kafka said “you’re the knife I turn inside myself” like do better

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Florence 2025, a hot afternoon spent journaling and enjoying a caffè latte freddo

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Must a character be “redeemable”? Is it not enough for them to be compelling?

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how can we lose when we’re so sincere is forever always one of my favourite peanuts bits

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maybe i like my tech a little bit inconvenient

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whoops lost myself for about eight years there

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Being kissed in your sleep and being pulled closer within cuddles is such a top tier form of affection .

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what do you think of books with strange prose styles/formating? have you read any? and if so, which are your favorites? (slaughter house 5, house of leaves, if on a winters night a traveler, ect.)

I love books with strange prose styles. I always think of Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire, an entire novel written in the footnotes of a poem, written by a man who thinks his voice is authoritative, who might be an expert on the man who wrote the poem, or might be completely out of his mind. I love hunting footnotes and giggling at inter-text references. It isn't for everyone, but novels that take work on the part of the reader are some of my favorite to read. I find them stimulating, fun, and fascinating.

(With one caveat: there has to be a reason for the formatting. You can tell when there's purpose behind the choice vs. when an author just wanted to be "interesting." Too many novels are difficult to read simply because the author wanted to stand out.)

One of my favorites is called The Dictionary of the Khazars by Milorad Pavić. I wrote my senior thesis on this wild book that is in the format of a dictionary divided into three parts. The overarching idea: there once were a people called the Khazars, until they disappeared. The Christians, Jews, and Muslims all have arguments and interpretations of who they were, and where they went. They were a people who seemed to be able to travel through dreams. Items related to their civilization seem to disappear easily. You can read in any order. It's a dictionary after all!

Everything in this book is intentional. I wrote a large part of my thesis on the parts of the book that are mysteriously italicized. The book makes fascinating points about memory, storytelling, assimilation, and most of all, how history is interpreted and retold.

Another favorite is Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar, translated by Gregory Rabazza. It's a sad, pretty novel about an Argentine ex-pat and his group of bohemian friends, and the disappearance of his mistress. You can read it in a number of ways. Cortázar suggests the "hopping" order, where at the end of each chapter it tells you where to turn to next.

But if you take his advice, you miss a chapter, chapter 55, which no other chapters lead to. Is it the ending? Does it not matter? Why is the same text in chapter 129? And if you skip what he called the "expendable chapters," you lose whole storylines! It makes the novel a game, but it also makes you wonder what matters, and why, and which parts of a story actually matter.

House of Leaves is on my list!

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zlibrary gone... FUCK TIKTOK FUCK BOOKTOK I hope that app burns in hell

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literally anything handmade is so dope. idc what it is it could be anything. a quilt, a painting, a basket, a sweater, a wooden table, a shed, a meal. how magical

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my fave writing reminder

honestly, this phrase has been on my mind more times than i can count. i've kidnapped it, taken it as a hostage with no ransom money because i need it to live permanently in my head.

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Tulips \\\ [•]

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i started reading this quite long book on saturday and i finished it yesterday before going to bed and it honestly felt like im 16 again on a summer vacation just devouring books one after the other. haven’t done that in such a long time it just feels so good to sit for hours doing nothing but reading, not rushing through it, just savoring each page & each line as the hours go by, closing the book every now and then to go do something else but always coming back to it excited for the next page. so peaceful and such a luxurious feeling to have