/lit/ - Literature

I'm reading Lost Illusions by Balzac and I was really impressed by the honesty the literary circle showed towards the main character in part 2 of the book.

I decided to be more honest with people. I thought that I could work on that one much more.

A friend got mad and doesn't want to talk to me anymore as a consequence of that.

Well, that went well.

I'm not even going into the direction of "bro, you just can't handle the truth." I knew he would get mad and I went with it regardless. I wish he would grant me at least that level of cognitive abilities.

>tfw I disregarded Balzac and my life went downhill

Lesson learned. I'm going to finish Lost Illusions in the next couple of days. I promise.

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>tfw Humboldt almost went broke because of his scientific research

Reminder to read a few pages of Balzac today to start the week off refreshed by his wit.