/lit/ - Literature

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Years of reading Gemmell.

I spent my time in school reading a single author instead of getting the best grades.
As I became a farce of a young man, I realised the characterisations allowed me insight into the raw conceptions of masculinity and the feminine. This gave me some direction.

I wish I could come up with some pithy quote from his works to sum it up but the stupidity leads me to only an idea of his works.
Redemption.

We are all deeply flawed but it’s what we choose to do with that knowledge.
>Overcome great evil within yourself

That evil I saw and considered within myself was weakness. Ignorance.
So I found things that gave me the knowledge and understanding to change and evolve.
This gave me purpose and strength.

Not exactly related but I hope you get the implication.
They dug up the bones of an Ancient Greek athlete and found the bones in his right shoulder and arm were noticeably thicker and denser than his left.
>Even bone can be forced to grow.

And this is from a person who’s mantra of humanity was that, “people never change”
There’s an unshakable core within a malleable shell. That’s how I see it now.
But even that’s liable to change or become nuanced if I continue developing it.

Just open your mind to growth and limitless evolution.

>sorry for the lack of structure