/lit/ - Literature

>>21713644
fuck me that is depressing.

>>19369974
Also just finished Atomised last night. After part one where Michel, Bruno, and Annabelle go to the commune I literally could not sleep that night

>can't read in public without being harassed by others
>they're so stupid and illiterate that they don't understand what you're doing when you're reading a book
>they act like you're going to rape someone or abduct a child or some shit when you're literally reading a book in a public space
>you have every right to read a book in a public space and are doing nothing wrong
>they are in the wrong, harassing you and policing you for absolutely no reason other than their own stupidity, illiteracy, and moral hysteria
>they act like cavemen discovering fire, perplexed, bewildered, hostile yet curious about the strange object (it's a book) you're holding in your hands
>everything is about sex to them, they're illiterate and can't understand that you're literally just reading a book
>this happens to you at the bookstore too, because all anybody thinks about is sex and they're just abusive hypocrites, they don't understand that you're literally just there to get a book to read because they can't read
jesus fucking christ, how has society gotten this fucking perverted and bad? can you read in your city without people harassing you and treating you like a criminal for no reason? since when is reading bad?

also
>read a book
>"why are you reading anon"
>"is it for school anon"
>"don't read anon"
>"drink beer watch sports"
>"stop consuming literature"
>"stop thinking"
how can we stop them bros, how can we save literature from these literal sub-90 IQ ooga booga cave people?

The gate is narrower than I could've ever imagined. Looking for books on how we're all going to hell.

>your surname
>add -ism to it
>sounds really bad
>tfw you realize you'll never amount to anything in philosophy because they won't even have a name for your small school of followers
Before I was born I was NGMI

>>18600628
>this is a cry for help. i am now sending coded messages for anyone who may hear. please help. all i have is 4chan and all i can do is pretend to enjoy (you)'s because im afraid of not having the last word. please help. Please. PLEASE. PLEASE HELPPLEASE HELPPLEASE HELPPLEASE HELPPLEASE HELPPLEASE HELPPLEASE HELPPLEASE HELPPLEASE HELPPLEASE HELPPLEASE HELPPLEASE HELPPLEASE HELPPLEASE HELPPLEASE HELPPLEASE HELPPLEASE HELP

>>18465839
I am sad. I wish I could be better. But my heart is a lead stone, weighing me down. I don't want to give up, but I don't want to go forward either. I dont know. I cant know. I wont know.
I hate that I think about myself so much.

>>18038951
>Forgot to add, I think this is the main reason why Guenon and most Hindus hate Buddhism. I was reading the Sri Kalki Purana (written by you guessed correctly) which talks about Buddhists being slaughtered by Kalki after his incarnation on Earth
It has nothing to do with that. The difficulty for Hindus and perennialists is to reconcile their Absolute with the Buddhist doctrine of anatta or sunyata

I don't want to suffer, I don't want to die. I don't want to talk to anyone, I don't want to be attached to anything. Everything is ephemeral, all pleasures and happinesses are transitory: attach yourself and you will be disappointed sooner or later, everything is suffering and dissatisfaction. Sometimes I would like to isolate myself radically from the world, cut all my social ties and withdraw from the causal web of society. I feel deeply out of place, not only in this world but also in life itself. I am too imperfect, my form disturbs me every moment. But I can't die, no, I'm too afraid. I lost everything when I was born, this indefinite peace that I find in the nights of deep sleep. That was taken away from me and I was drugged into the world, just so that I would be addicted enough and have enough cravings to keep me from taking my own life, which would mean losing it all again.

Any books to read that have this feel?

I would like to disappear.

Hi /lit/, I'm in quite a decent bit of pain and it isn't really going away. It's reached the point where I don't even really want to meet with women anymore, I just sit in my chair at home and feel despaired. It's difficult to even read, shower, go to work, etc. Yes this is obviously depression but I don't need or want meds, I need a book that will help me understand why I won't allow myself to be what I know I want to be. Genuine thanks in advance to any sincere replies.

Please listen to me.
I know this is probably bait, it must be bait, I'm certain of it, but in case I'm wrong, just listen.
Your girlfriend is a slut and a bad person, and staying with her is the most idiotic, self-depreciating thing you could possibly do. Why would you even want to be with her anymore? She clearly cares about something - meaty cock - far more than she cares about your mental wellbeing and the stability of your relationship. No open relationship ever ended in happily ever after. Don't be a fucking idiot, stand up for yourself and just leave.
But really it's probably just bait.

A book on how to cope with the fact that I am 18+, ugly but pretentious, never had a gf and I just can't take it anymore, I want to fucking die.