/lit/ - Literature

>girl asks what I'm listening to
>The Ancient City by Fustel de Coulanges
>fuck
>"uhhh... an audiobook
>"what audiobook?"
>"well, heh, it's just some boring book... I mean, you might find it boring... about a theory regarding the origin of the family and how it evolved into the State based on the reading of ancient texts."
>no response

One day you're going to die and it will be lights off forever. Why aren't you doing something about that?

>>19270139
>They don't care about animals, dinosaurs, or any of the other things I was trying to make them curious about, they have zero attention span
>Can you imagine a kid who doesn't give a shit about dinosaurs and can't name 10 animals?

This is my biggest fear
I have a 3y old niece so she was born before corona and she went absolutely crazy after seeing my turtles and cat, she hasn't seen an animal (except dogs on the street, stray cats, etc.) irl before or touched one. Seeing her filled with joy reminded me of how I was as a kid
I cant imagine what kids that are focused on the digital are going to turn into once they get older, seeing how internet addiction (which also is linked to porn addiction) already creates the most wretched people

I am creating a database bros. Soon we'll be able to spot the patterns.

accursed creator... why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? in pity, you made normals alluring, after your image; but my form is a filthy type of theirs, more horrid even from the very resemblance. even satan had his companions, fellow devils, to admire and encourage him, but I am solitary and abhorred.

>>16544083
>>16543982
>>16544110

Tell me you're joking right now anon I can't do this again

Books where the hero's self sabotages and has a sub conscious death wish motivating him?

>>12485869
Two authors that explicitly expressed this idea in their work are Houellebecq and Bukowski, for what it's worth to you.

>trying to remember an inspiring Mishima quote
>it's about how foolish he was while young in prioritizing the mind over the body, intellect over the physical
>spend hours searching for it
>losing my mind
>can't find it
Does anyone know to what I refer? Will suck dick for help.

>Faust
>The World as Will and Representation Vol. 1
>The Will To Power