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lostsoulsoc1ety · 2 days
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ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴀʀᴇ 
"ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴀʀᴇ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴍᴇ ɪ'ᴍ ʙᴇᴀᴜᴛɪꜰᴜʟ  ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ʏᴏᴜ'ᴠᴇ ꜱᴇᴇɴ ᴍʏ ꜱᴄᴀʀꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴀʀᴠᴇ ᴍʏ ʙᴏᴅʏ  ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ  ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴘᴏᴜʀꜱ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ꜱᴏᴜʟ 
ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴀʀᴇ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴍᴇ ɪ'ᴍ ʟᴏᴠᴇʟʏ  ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ɪ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇʟʏ ꜱʜᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴏᴜᴛ  ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ɪ ꜱᴡᴏʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴍʏꜱᴇʟꜰ  ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇꜱᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ ɢᴇᴛ ꜱɪᴄᴋ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴇ  
ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴀʀᴇ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴍᴇ ɪ'ᴍ ꜰʟᴀᴡʟᴇꜱꜱ  ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ʏᴏᴜ'ᴠᴇ ꜱᴇᴇɴ ᴍᴇ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ɪɴ ᴛᴇᴀʀꜱ ɪ'ʟʟ ꜱʜᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʀᴋɴᴇꜱꜱ  ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴏɴꜱᴜᴍᴇꜱ ᴍᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ'ʟʟ ʀᴜɴ ᴀᴡᴀʏ  
ʙᴜᴛ ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ꜱᴇᴇɴ ᴍʏ ꜱᴄᴀʀꜱ  ʙɪᴛᴛᴇʀɴᴇꜱꜱ  ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴀʀᴋɴᴇꜱꜱ  ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴘᴇʀʜᴀᴘꜱ ɪ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ."
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thelastrenaissance · 2 days
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Mario Vargas Llosa (28 March 1936) is a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist and former politician.
“Writers are the exorcists of their own demons.”
Mario Vargas-Llosa
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lorynnzv · 3 days
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ok so i am reading Lord of The Flies and im like about 130 pages in and i have some notes 🙂
1. i think piggy might die. Reasoning: i think the hunters killing a pig might be foreshadowing to his death, if so i think jack is gonna kill him. (piggy is my fav so i hope its not true 😰)
2. Im wondering how ‘beast’ gonna contribute to the morals of the story. i think maybe the beast represents the belief of a god or deity and how it separates us from the believers and non.
thats it! thanks for read my rambling (pls dont spoil)
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str4wberry-str33t · 4 months
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quick reminder that it’s ok to say that you love reading and that reading is your passion without reading 30+ books in a year. if you connect with books and love the power of the written word, you’re bookish. you don’t need to justify your love of reading.
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lone-nyctophile · 2 years
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- Beau Taplin
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midsummerkissess · 1 year
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a "look babe, i finished a new book" gf and a "tell me all about it" bf
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Genji is not a perfect person, but there’s a purity to him, a beauty that’s clearly meant to be lauded, particularly in contrast to later chapters. He’s in love with love, a true romantic, and his sometimes unwise affairs are motivated by a true sense of love. He never abandons one of his lovers, which in this time is crucial. No matter the shame it brings to himself, he tries to find a way to honor the women he’s fallen for. He’s charming. No one can not love him, or ultimately forgive him his faults.
The age of Tale of Genji had strict rules of romance—of how flirtations worked (largely intermediaries and poetry), of how commitments worked, of how aloof vs. present it was appropriate to be (it’s good to commit but bad to hoard or become jealous). It was possible to love too much. Genji is accused of this, but he always remembers to care for the people he is responsible for—once he grows up that is.
Early in the text, he neglects his wife, and he also neglects “the Rokujo lady.” The Rokujo lady becomes so jealous and enraged that her spirit begins to sicken his wife. This ghost returns more than once over the course of the text. She has grown sick from obsession and neglect, and Genji pays the price for it. It’s part of what motivates him to always care for the women he romances for the rest of his life.
Later, in the “Uji” chapters, young Kaoru and prince Niou also love too much. Niou is impulsive like Genji but also flighty, and Kaoru is serious like Genji but also obsessive. Both men pursue the women at Uji with insistence that the text can’t quite forgive as it could for Genji. Both, somehow, go too far—perhaps in their attempts to hoard, or in their impatience.
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artemisyates · 5 months
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Some Mina and Jonathan Harker for the end of spooky season. ♥
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bifrosted-flakes · 2 years
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I think the thing people forget is that the Classics™️ weren’t always classics. There was once a kid who picked up a copy of The Catcher In The Rye and told all their friends about this great new book. There was once a group of teens who went to see Shakespeare’s newest comedy and talked about it all the way home. There was once a young Greek child who sat out on the grass every day to listen to the story of The Odyssey because he had to know what happened to his favorite characters. There was once a man who devoured Dracula in a few days because he was so engrossed in this new work of horror.
Stories are not born with yellowed pages and dog ears, they age with us and are always young to those who read them for the first time.
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sillytriumphdragon · 1 month
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lostsoulsoc1ety · 1 day
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"𝓢𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓘 𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝔀𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓪 𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽 𝓹𝓸𝓮𝓶 𝓽𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾, 𝓼𝓸 𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓘 𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓯𝓪𝓶𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓱𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂, 𝓸𝓻 𝓭𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓪 𝓫𝓸𝓸𝓴 𝓽𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾, 𝓸𝓻 𝓬𝓸𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓬𝓽 𝓪 𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓾𝓷𝓮 & 𝓭𝓲𝓮 & 𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓲𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾"
-ᴇᴅɴᴀ ꜱᴛ. ᴠɪɴᴄᴇɴᴛ ᴍɪʟʟᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ɪꜱᴏʙᴇʟ ꜱɪᴍᴘꜱᴏ.
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alienejj · 2 months
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I took this picture myself. Some of these books are old, some were just poorly handled over the years, and all were thrifted across the second-hand stores of Dublin.
"Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations"
— Vladimir Nabokov.
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rainreads · 6 months
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anelaxoxo · 7 months
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celestesloveletters · 2 years
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the book worm urge to buy all the pretty classic covers of all the books you want.
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midsummerkissess · 1 year
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