/lit/ - Literature

>The world was shown to me in the form of an old crone who had been bedecked with jewelry.
>I asked her: “How many husbands have you had?”
>She answered: “Too many for me to count them!”
>I then asked her: “Did they die or did you divorce them?”
>She answered: “I killed all of them.”
>I exclaimed: “Pity the husbands who remain for the future! How can they possibly fail to learn a lesson from the past husbands and not become scared of you, seeing as you murdered them one by one!”
>(Ghazali, Ihya’, Vol. 4, p. 589 )
This is a sufi parable, but what does it mean?

>>21052273
>small posts, when joined together, form a complete story by Kafka
>story is about small pieces of wall that, when joined together, form a complete wall
Kafkaesque

>>20409468
>post here
Alright
>at a job in an unclear place, I’m some sort of menial worker
>have to clean up a dead black cat
>I have a shovel and a trash bag
>the cat is lying on the ground, I’m somehow aware this cat died by being microwaved, or by some sort of radiation poisoning
>I look at the cat lying there for a while
>say “I don’t think the cats dead at all”
>start prodding it
>“Yeah this cat isn’t dead, he’s just sleeping”
>cat wakes up
>turns into a little girl wearing a maid outfit and a “cat ears” headband
>she suddenly hugs my legs as tight as she can, while excitedly yelling “thank you thank you thank you, oh thank you!” over and over again
>I wake up
The fuck does this mean? If it means anything

>>19895958
Wtf is wrong with these retards? I don't want to die.

What the fuck is William Blake’s fucking problem? What is The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell even about?

>study russian for six months to read War and Peace
>mfw half the dialogue is in french

>my twenties are going to end without experiencing romantic love

Fuckfuckfuck, any books about this issue?

You think that's bad? I have to read the first chapter of The Great Gatsby by Monday and I haven't even opened the book yet.

>>15744785
What? Did he actually say that? Source?

>tfw you realise that science is literally just a religion, and that the people who go around scoffing at other religions for not being enlightened to the truth of their "science" are the exact same as the Christians who go around scoffing at others for not being enlightened by their "Christianity"
>the pro-science people just don't know it because they've been indoctrinated since birth that science is the true way to think about the world, just like the Christians who have been indoctrinated since birth to view Christianity as the true way to think about the world

How am I suppose to read the Old Testament in conjunction with the New Testament? God just commanded Joshua to stone a man.

>>13166178
wtf bro take that back

>troll a catholic poster
>he tells me I'm going to hell
wtf bro I was just messing around

>shew

tfw fast reader

/tv/ has the term kino
/v/ has the term ludo

so what is the term /lit/ uses to describe pieces of literature that you could say, have a soul?

>Sit down to read
>End up reading all day

Did you know "gay" used to mean "happy".

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>>10667352
Why is her face so unnerving?
It's not that I think she's ugly, in fact she's probably attractive, but there's just something about it that unsettles me.

Also i'd recommend Of Mice and Men.

Is it really you my my special one,
For whom I have of late been so glum?
Can it truly sincerely be,
The one who inspired such transcendent glee?
How come you to this site and board?
What brings you among this anonymous hoard?
Never mind there's no need to explain,
Your words are a flower blossoming in my brain,
Please tell me just one thing I humbly demand,
Did you ever consider taking my hand?
Did you too lie dreaming at night,
Of a union which could have brought such delight,
Such joy indeed as I've never known,
Confined as I was so long to my home,
To that small ugly dwelling in which I was born,
And where I spent so many years so forlorn,
But no no I shan't pity myself,
When meeting you has brought me such wealth,
As has not been known by merchants and kings,
By money lenders and those obsessed with earnings,
And never will your Jew love you as I might,
As bitter as that sounds it's as clear as daylight,
Protect you he will and furnish you plenty,
Give you coins for your clothes and spare not a penny,
But the currency of the love we would share,
Is based not on gold but the infinite care,
That I would show you till the end of your days,
Oh dear I could love you in so many ways!

>>9560262
>tfw haven't read a single one of those

>>8101941
>I've been on this site for 4 years

>>7393255
I-is he right? I just bought a copy a week ago, did I waste money/

>>6765549
Is that a tv remote?

Bloom isn't some tv watching pleb is he?