/lit/ - Literature

>>4465581

god bless America

>>4309261
>mfw I'm about 200 hundred pages in
Does this have a happy ending? Please tell me it all ends ok. They deserve it. There's no way it can end happily.

But yeah, this book is fucking magnificent. Definitely creeping up to be one of my favorites. If Hugo can keep this going for another 800 pages then I will consider myself a convert.

No one?

>mfw I realized Ernest Hemingway was gay.

>>3594651
So fucking beautiful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djuaippXifM

>the old man and the sea

>>3246346

i'm bleeding

your edge was too sharp

>>2946873

My brother.

>>2720375

>"There are men and classes of men that stand above the common herd: the soldier, the sailor, and the shepherd not infrequently; the artist rarely; rarelier still, the clergyman; the physician almost as a rule. He is the flower (such as it is) of our civilization; and when that stage of man is done with, and only to be marvelled at in history, he will be thought to have shared as little, as any in the defects of the period, and most notably exhibited the virtues of the race. Generosity he has, such as is possible to those who practise an art, never to those who drive a trade; discretion, tested by a hundred secrets; tact, tried in a thousand embarrassments; and what are more important, Heraclean cheerfulness and courage. So that he brings air and cheer into the sick room, and often enough, though not so often as he wishes, brings healing."

That's fucking awesome, I am going to show this to my dad, he'll eat this this right up. He is always going on about how being a doctor is such a privilege and despite all the politics and minor corruption, it is still a beacon from the corruption that plagues every other field etc.

>>2514836
Keep reading.
The story of Turin Turamabar is probably the most legendary of all Tolkien tales.

Also, pause to reflect on the fact that Tolkien was a language lover at heart and created the races AFTER inventing their languages.

Shit is so cash. I would have loved to have picked that man's brain.

>>2037045
not as brave as you bro

Tomorrow I'm taking a flight for a ten days trip. Two days after my return I'll be starting my IDF mandatory service. What is nice is that I'm going to be a writer for IDF's official newspaper/s. Still, it's a very intense job and I won't be able to post on /lit/ as I once have.

I have to admit that I'm one of those who've been since forever nagging for a literature board and I've been here since day 1- through the better and worse times. Recently /lit/ has been getting better in my opinion, the scope of discussion is starting to get close to decent, and I'm glad I took part of it. Keep up the good work.

Gonna miss you guys ;_;

>>1953662

Dat soundtrack for The Assassination of Jesse James

If I could choose one dead author to a take for a Fun Day, I'd take Foster Wallace. He was a true bro.

>>1800796
Thank you OP. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who gives a shit.

>If ever I was to marry someone, it would have been her

the movie should have ended there

I posted on their forums for a while.
I had many a lol on ED.

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

>unrequited love
The Sun Also Rises

mfw i've just spoken to BB via email and he's sat in the train station getting ready to go to London
mfw it turns out this isn't a joke
mfw he didn't want to say bye to his TC friends because he's not goof with goodbyes
mfw he was surprised at Hakas going away to India for 6 weeks a day before he left
mfw he said he's got everyone's addresses (you all know who i am talking about!) and he will be sending us postcards from along the way

fa/tg/uy here.
There is a similar thread over there.
We all has a sad over this news.
Godspeed /lit/.

OP getting leo TOLDstoy because his writings so fucking shitty he's scared even '16 year old furries' won't like it.

it's okay bro, let the butthurt flow through you

pic related
it's you

this thread guys.
this fucking thread.