/lit/ - Literature

I just keep walking this barren land while trying to ignore my surroundings, keeping my sight on the sky. No yesterday or tomorrow, just static and sorrow.
I have always believed that my problem was a lack of will. I do not want anything, and everything I do is just to stay away from me.
I remember I had a dream last night. I don't remember what it was about but I cried while I was dreaming. Maybe they were simply the tears I hold back when I'm awake.

>>19029827
Remains of the Day

Help me /lit/, I want to redirect how I approach reading. I've been reading novels as a way to pass time, pretending it puts me above someone that mindlessly watches TV only to realize I'm not learning anything useful.
What books should I read?
What books taught you something important?

Jorge Luis Borges - Ficciones.

>>13606585
I too have mean to do the same, yet his early books are very hard to find.
I'm particulary interested in a pdf/epub of an English translation of "Theory of the Absolute Individual" (1927) and "The Phenomenology of the Absolute Individual" (1930).

>>12804234
Lol based ΔΔ butterbro post. Also yeah she right

>>12404059
Reading Siddhartha at age 16 unironically opened new vistas for me, I now view it as fairly simplistic etc but for someone not used to those kinds of ideas at all it can be very powerful

Do you make /lit/ themed christmas presents for anyone ?
I am tempted to buy my mother or father book for christmas, but I dont want them to go unread

whats the best books to understand female mind ? good books please, I dont hate women

>>11699332
What you want will never happen. Wake up and start working with people, not against them.

How do I become a decent poet?

>>11073114
Yoga Vasistha will kill "you"

>>10450172
yes, knowledge should only be distributed to those with the means to afford it

peasants should roll around in shit and make us more money

eh comrade

>>10376802
Is the kid present at the end when the judge was dancing and saying he would never die? What happened to him, I wonder? Hmm. It's not as if the judge has a history of untoward behavior.

>>9977288
dune

>>9939870
(cont.)
What this meant was that Nelson's basement room had become a sort of meeting place for a wide variety of the towns population, sometimes spending hours at a time there even though they may just be an acquaintance of a friend of a friend who needed a place to get away from it all. Combined with Shannon's social tendencies this open door policy meant that Nelson could always count on some company, and company Nelson never refused. His openhearted love of all neighbours was his greatest quality, and one which all who came through the Drake residence could easily perceive. You could have just met Nelson for the first time five minutes earlier and already he was offering you a soda while you sat in his room among his closest friends. Despite this hospitality Nelson remained ever resigned, never incensed to passion on either end of the spectrum. This calm warmth made certain that all who entered were certain to feel welcome, but never pressured to stay. “So who's Shannon bringing this time?” said Alex “Hopefully not another St Anthony's girl, they're always so stuck up. I still can't believe that last bitch had the nerve to tell you to clean your room after she ate all of our food.” Nelson grunted his shared frustration with the last guest Shannon brought over, who had in fact eaten over half a pizza and an entire bag of chips to herself before leaving well into the AM. “You really should have said something” said Alex “I would've but, you know, I still thought I had a shot”. “Of course you did sir.” replied Nelson, never critical to the point of spoiling his hospitable nature but always understanding of others' frustrations. “I'm pretty sure she's bringing someone from Acadia, you guys should get along”. Acadia was the local bi-lingual high school which Alex himself attended. “I don't know man, Acadia is pretty horrible. Nothing but stuck up rich kids and blockheads as far as the eye can see” said Alex. “So which one does that make you?” replied Nelson. “Why, I'm firmly in the middle of course. Not quite rich and not quite a blockhead.” In all fairness to Alex his assessment wasn't far off. In all things it seemed he was squarely above-average but never excellent. He was smart enough to do well in school but never enough to impress. Some might call him attractive but it would be a stretch to call him handsome. His family had a modest income but every year they still fretted about the mortgage and pending university fees.

That's what I churned out this morning, would love some feedback