/lit/ - Literature

>>11917280

my communications professor told us all that we were made out of "chemicals," is this true? if so, how do i build a body for myself made out of light instead? thanks anons

are we given the chance to truly understand ourselves before we perish?

>>9619244
this, a lot

Greatest writers were very autobiographical
>Pessoa
>St Augustine
>Proust
>Melville
Except Melville they all had "boring". So why there is this opinion on /lit/ that writing about own life is bad? My suffering is only thing that interests me, so should i not write anything? I also think my experiences and thoughts may be universal in some way. Only way i am afraid is exposing too much without disguising it, what could ruin my relations with family and friends in future

Youth is when you idealise J D Salinger. Adulthood is when you realise that Fernando Pessoa is better

It's a perfect articulation of the hell of modern existence.
The worst thing about which is that there is no epic existential turmoil. No great nihilism. Just a slow, grating, tedious existence with pretension to something epic. That's the beauty of the book.

>>7414411
is this good or does the image summarize it

thinking about reading it