/lit/ - Literature

quotes by ppl who arent that great that nevertheless make you shiver

> Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.

I've been feeling pretty weird lately.
Six weeks ago I went to a literature-related event which was pretty boring. Coincidentally I saw a female classmate and after the event was over we wandered through the city and talked about pretentious artsy stuff. Talking with her was great, she knows a lot about literature and honestly she's the first person capable of understanding all of my stupid snob jokes about obscure dead writers.
I have been thinking a lot about her since that day. I don't think I'm in love (falling in love with someone you've only met once sounds really fucking pathetic), it's more like I have never talked with someone else with the same interests in art.
It's probable that we'll never talk again which is pretty sad, but what else can I do?

>>8935455
This is what "humbling experiences" are all about. When you go down a tranquil river on canoe and see the trees go on and on, your plans start to look petty. Same with any other experience with alterity. It's the relief of seeing new things you didn't know were there already, both in and out.

>be reading something brilliant...
>wow, this is actually really thought provoking, original, and stylistic in a way that you haven't seen for years.
>the ending blows your mind and is so insanely complex and enthralling it wakes you from your sleep.


This is always why I keep a notebook next to my bed. It feels damn good being a successful young author whos notoriety is growing each day.

Most of my "work" is done in my sleep.

Life is wonderful.