/lit/ - Literature

Best contemporary novels/writers? I'm tired of reading classics.

Not really looking for sci-fi or fantasy, but if that's all you can think of then I'll look into them.

i got a copy of the beautiful and damned for my birthday and in it there was a note and it read

"Dear random stranger,
I hope this surprise makes you smile. I've actually just started this book and I love it. I think Fitzgerald and I have a lot in common. I want to be a writer, but I don't want to be a trashy novelist. I have high expectations and idealistic ambitions for myself just like he did. Perhaps I'm self destructive like him as well. Perhaps we all are. All I know is that I want to experience life and write it all down. Even though I'm saying this to you, I'm also saying it to myself. Whatever you love to do - do it. It's rather tragic when people run away from their destinies in fear. You are worth the desires and dreams of your heart. you shouldn't stop singing or playing music just because the chances of becoming famous are slim. Just like you shouldn't not apologize just because you think it's too late. Or you shouldn't stop yourself from writing a letter just because you don't expect to get a reply. There was a quote that I used for my senior project It said something along the lines of : the world needs people who have come alive. So do what makes you happy. Be alive. Like I said, this is a wonderful book by Fitzgerald, but I disagree with the title. Yes, we are beautiful, but I don't believe anyone was meant to be damned. Not me. Not you. You don't need to fear failure, loneliness, or imperfection or yourself. Life's too short for that."

There's a heart next to the name Melissa at the bottom.

has this ever happened to anyone

When you think of loss of traditional values you must think back to the past during such times as post-Civil War America, post-WW1 America, and post-Vietnam War America. All of these "post eras" experienced some type of disillusion. During all these times sexual promiscuity were at an all time high. Once the War on Terror is over I believe that there will be a decline in pre-marital sex as well and USA will return to the values it once held sacred. There will be less drug use and less pre-marital sex. This will benefit everyone as society returns back to its values that it was built on. Chivalry will no longer be a niche type of thing, it will be expected of someone. The lack of chivalry is due to the War on Terror.

TL; DR: If we stop the war, men and women will stop engaging in casual sex.

You guys should feel terrible you've ruined TyBrax and Stagolee's lives. They were just trying to have fun on the internet and you had to ruin their fun. Shame on all of you really.

- Dave... Is sick. So, he went on a trip to help him get better.
- We're not going with him?
- No. He needs to be alone.
- I wonder if I'll ever see him again.
- Dave... had a hard life... he needs some time to rest...
- Are you... Crying, Uncle Hal?
- No... no, I'm not crying.

Even more tragic when you realize that Solid/Old Snake's actual name was Dave or David

- Dave... Is sick. So, he went on a trip to help him get better.
- We're not going with him?
- No. He needs to be alone.
- I wonder if I'll ever see him again.
>Dave... had a hard life... he needs some time to rest...
- Are you... Crying, Uncle Hal?
- No... no, I'm not crying.

Even more tragic when you know that Solid/Old Snake's actual name was Dave or David