/lit/ - Literature

>Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

>>13083757
>Asuka a shit

>a string of desultory assertions and assurances about the truth cannot be accepted as the form and manner in which to expound philosophical truth.

>They don't think it be like it is, but it do.

>life is like a box of chocolates: if you're fat it ends sooner
>life is like a bottle of beer: if you throw it, it breaks
>life is like a bra: not so easy to remove
>life is like mathematics: if you say something right, nobody cares
>life is like taxes: bothersome

>Read this to yourself. Read it silently.
>Don’t move your lips. Don’t make a sound.
>Listen to yourself. Listen without hearing anything.
>What a wonderfully weird thing, huh?

>NOW MAKE THIS PART LOUD!
>SCREAM IT IN YOUR MIND!
>DROWN EVERYTHING OUT.

>Now, hear a whisper. A tiny whisper.
>Now, read this next line in your best crotchety old man voice:
>“Hello there sonny, does this town have a post office?”

>Awesome! Who was that? Whose voice was that?
Certainly not yours.

>How do you do that? How!?
Must be magic.

>>13083757
post more asuka, she's the best

post nudes

>>13083757

>>13083782
Shut the FUCK up, baka.

>>13083757

>Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

>>13083757
>As long as the Sun, the Moon and the Earth exists, everything will be all right.

>>13084804
>if you kill your enemies, they win

>the enemy of my enemy is also my enemy

>'If you want to live, be happy. And if you want to die, be unhappy.' I said. 'But in the end, both living and dying are the same as dying. They're the exact same. You'll be unhappy either way.'
>I was on fire.
>'Never forget that. Unless you never want to grow up.'

>The experience of vital person vitalizes other people. - Joesph Campbell.

>a country is not its government. a country is its people and the ideals it stands for; the government is just a grudging concession for the sake of maintaining order. when the government no longer upholds the will of the people it must either be revised or removed.

>>13086014
>of a* vital

>>13085988

>Still, failure, success, what is it? Whae gies a fuck. We aw live, then we die, in quite a short space ay time n aw. That's it; end ay fuckin story

>>13085982
Weak

>«NO BRILLA TAN UFANO EL CASI ETERNO DIAMANTE EN MEDIO DE LOS VORACES CARBUNCLOS COMO SOLIZA UN AUGUSTO CORAZÓN EN MEDIO DE LAS VIOLENCIAS DE UN RIESGO».

>«LO MISMO ES DESCUBRIRLE A UN VARÓN UN AFECTO, QUE ABRIRLE UN PORTILLO A LA FORTALEZA DEL CAUDAL, PUES POR ALLÍ MAQUINAN POLÍTICAMENTE LOS ATENTOS, Y LAS MÁS VECES ASALTAN CON TRIUNFO.»

>«EXCUSE A TODOS EL VARÓN CULTO SONDEARLE EL FONDO A SU CAUDAL, SI QUIERE QUE LE VENEREN TODOS. FORMIDABLE FUE UN RÍO HASTA QUE SE LE HALLÓ VADO, Y VENERADO UN VARÓN HASTA QUE SE LE CONOCIÓ TÉRMINO A LA CAPACIDAD; PORQUE IGNORADA Y PRESUMIDA PROFUNDIDAD SIEMPRE MANTUVO, CON EL RECELO, EL CRÉDITO.»

— BALTASAR GRACIÁN, «EL HÉROE».

>It is not down on any map; true places never are.

>>13083852
None of those are good

>>13083927
What a fucking baka

>>13085494
Literature board.

>>13083757

>>13086557
It’s from Eva, retard.

>>13083757

In addition to my other numerous acquaintances, I have one more intimate confidant… My depression is the most faithful mistress I have known — no wonder, then, that I return the love.
~ Soren Kierkegaard

Stop posting my waifu pls

>And now that I have allowed myself the jest [about how reviewers never read] to which in this two-sided life hardly any page can be too serious to grant a place, I part with the book with deep seriousness, in the sure hope that sooner or later it will reach those to whom alone it can be addressed; and for the rest, patiently resigned that the same fate should, in full measure, befall it, that in all ages has, to some extent, befallen all knowledge, and especially the weightiest knowledge of the truth, to which only a brief triumph is allotted between the two long periods in which it is condemned as paradoxical or disparaged as trivial. The former fate is also wont to befall its author. But life is short, and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.

>>13086648
This specific image has been making me feel intensely warm and alone for almost 10 years, and I hate it.

>>13087348
Its not as good as it looks

You fantasize about it for ten years, but image your horror when you turn to your right and realize this person laying nect to you doesnt really understand you, and that the whole enterprise is more shallow than you thought

>>13087570
and that's when you realize Asuka is the superior waifu

>>13087570
who cares about being understood I just want to give my affection to someone.

>>13083875
That was actually amazing.

>>13086658
weeb website

>>13087320

>>13083757
>I have one enemy, well two if you count God

>>13086565
Basado.

>>13088813
It's an anime website, not a weeb website.

>>13083782
best girl is best girl

>>13083766
yeah pretty much

>>13085982
subtle reference

>>13083757
*s(t)eam

>>13088948
based

>>13083927

>>13083875
>>13087699
It's by Shel Silverstein

>>13088813
literature board

>>13089265
You're not wrong

>>13083875
you're now aware that you are actually making sounds when you're reading or thinking, and there are ways to capture this sound
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subvocalization

>>13089265
NGE is literature

>>13089011
Imagine.....

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>>13090188
M-moar, zip and link me if possible...

>>13090229
Her name is Shirogane-Senpai, check the /hr/ archives for the threads on her. Or start a thread on her using these images. At least, you could, before this message popped up on the image I was going to send.

>>13090229
Let’s see if this one gets through

fuck niggers - me

>>13090229

>>13090268
T-thanks

>>13090276
You’re welcome anon

>>13090229

>>13090276
>>13090229
She doesn’t have any nudes, unfortunately, or at least none that I am aware of. Russia is pretty strict on pornography.

>>13090289
That's great, no lewding my waifu

>>13083757
>things don't change
It's you.

>>13083757
>The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math

>>13090272
>implying this isn't ms gaier

Does anyone remember the quote about revenge by some Russian officer?

>>13090319
Gaier doesn’t have her freckles

>>13090229
>>13090268
Actually, her name is Shirogane-Sama, not senpai.

>the man whom lives by a spell does not live well

>>13090325
plz

>>13083766
>Every unwise saying has an analogous one, no more unwise, to unbalance it
woah....

Give it to me straight, bros. Is that Asuka cosplayer a male?

>>13090628
Unfortunately not.

>>13090636
oh thank god

>>13090188
>>13090269

Remarkably flat vulva.

>>13083757
Excerpt from A Walking Aphrodisiac, page 21.
Donwload on:
https://archive.org/details/AWalkingAphrodisiacByNicholasBlacksmith

>>13090964
Tight pussy

>>13091642
no thanks, if that's any indication of the overall quality and maturity of the work.

>He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.

>>13087631
Then you are doomed to be alone. You can never achieve love unless you understand the person next to you, it won't be real love, you won't be loving them

>>13083757
shid quote

>>13083798
Oh, look, another Reddit expat who thinks he can just adopt an "epic" trip, pose as an intellectual (I guarantee you're not), and garner a following on an anonymous literary forum just because he got a few upvotes in his time on Reddit. I got news for you pal. You're dead wrong. We don't wax poetical over the works of Rand, Marx, or, God forbid, Jared Diamond over here. We don't believe in smug, liberal minded "new-masculinity" where your manhood rests on the media you consume and the products you buy. We don't share our epic beards and go on and on about how "appreciating female authors" somehow makes you more of a man due to showing security in your manhood. We post and discuss great works of literature, and share humorous content that takes more than a 12th grade understanding of philosophy to appreciate. Now is the time for you to make an important choice. Either you go back where you came from now, or try and make a go of it here. I guarantee that if you choose the latter you'll fail. I look forward to seeing you gradually stop posting and fizzle out as you realize that your "hot takes" and "bold quips" are nothing but middle school pap not even suited for the comment threads below YouTube audiobook uploads. Sincerely, and with the utmost disgust
-Anon

>>13091642
Out of context seems like shit, but great satire

>>13092033
Or just get into kink though I guess you're still alone when all you are is public urinal or whatever

>In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any phony god's blessings. But because, I am enlightened by my intelligence.

I'm not even a professional quote maker or anything

>If nothing saves us from death, at least love should save us from life

>>13087606
*Misato

>>13089931
NGE is just GR, who cares

>>13094067
This is me

>>13094220
What? You're not Aldous Huxley. I'm pretty sure that guys dead.

>>13094233
pretty sure???

>>13094076
>waaaaah the masses r dumb

>>13094292
Yeah I'm no historian but that Brave New World is, what, 50 years old? Guy is definitely dead.

>>13083757
“Anywhere can be paradise as long as you have the will to live. After all, you are alive, so you will always have the chance to be happy. As long as the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth exist, everything will be all right.”

>>13094310
better check

>>13094310
Fake news

>>13094305
>waaaaah the masses r smart

>>13083757
God has died and his death was the birth of the world

Wow so deep @ thread

>>13095697
Go back

this whole this an embarrassment. eva is just emotionally perverted and self indulgent. anime ruined japanese culture. it hasnt made anything worthwhile after around the birth of anime

>>13096960
Have sex

>>13086648
is it just me or does the kid on the right look like his eyes are fully opened haha what a zipperhead

>>13083757
>Sometimes we must change everything for everything to remain the same.