/lit/ - Literature

>tfw owe hundreds of dollars to uni library for late books

you're given 5 minutes to ask any author, dead or alive, anything you want. who do you talk to and what do you ask them?

>>12147059

But what about that 0.1% anon?

What about the 0.1%?

>>12093811

>tfw waiting for answer from University
>No answer yet

>cute girl sits down next to me
>asks me what I'm reading
>ask her what's she doing in my basement
>tfw

>Want to read 200 books in 2017
>Tfw I'm 1 book behind schedule
>Tfw most of the books that I have to read are 500 pages + and I'll struggle to read one every day

>>8898201

>Can't find the picture with reverse google image search

>>8896011

>tfw you buy books faster than you can read them

>>8896682

>tfw you're 20 and you realize you only have a bit of time left before you can experience having your first love experiences at a young age

>>8886201

H-how did he know?!

>Know French and English
>Learning a third one
>20 years old

A-am I doing it right lads?

>Went to my local bookstore earlier today
>Nice little place with lots of classics, good prices and wooden floors and stuff
>The ''owner'' is an old woman and since I've bought a lot of books so far from there she gives me discounts
>So earlier today I went there
>Walking around as usual, pick up a few interesting books
>(Pretty much only old people go there)
>(Also French is my natal language, this is relevant)
>Suddenly hear a young girl's voice coming from the entry
>what.jpg
>Somewhat cute asian girl, around my age
>Mfw
>See her walking around, browsing the classics section
>Trying to figure out what's she planning to buy but I can't get too close
>I already have all the books I want and am ready to pay
>Walking around aimlessly trying to figure out a way to talk to her
>Decide to just buy my things
>Owner tells me goodbye, but I say I'll stick around for a little more
>whattodo.laserdisc
>Turn around and see Moby Dick (in English too!)
>Buy that too even though I've already read it
>Mfw I'm running out of ideas and I'm starting to feel uncomfortable
>I notice Stendhal's Le Rouge et le Noir on the same table I found Moby Dick on
>It's much bigger than the version I bought from this very same bookstore a week or two earlier
>Mfw I realize I accidentally bought a study of the book and not the book itself
>Ask the owner if I could trade that one for the one I bought some time ago
>She says she never does this, but for me she will make an exception
>The time spent on these various miraculous events somehow gave enough time to that girl to finish browsing the books she was interested in
>She arrives at the counter just as I have absolutely no longer any reasons to stay there
>I pretend to be interested in the plant in the entry
>She wants to pay debit but the owner only accept cash
>She will be forced to come back tomorrow
>Mfw
>She says she's going to come in the afternoon, aka exactly when I am done with work
>Mfw I have a perfect excuse to come back ( to exchange the stendhals)
>Mfw as we are both leaving the owner says ''good bye you two''

Shit guys. Help me out. What do I do?

Wtf there's so many books. A life isn't enough to read all of this.

:/