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Books on the power of love?

>> No.15467544

>>15467525
Anything by Chuck Tingle buckaroo.

>> No.15467545

>>15467525
i miss being hugged 2bh desu

>> No.15467552

>>15467525
Hogg

>> No.15467553

>>15467525
Love is disgusting and banal

>> No.15467558
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>>15467525
Ada or ardor, a family chronicle

>> No.15467561

>>15467525
The Sound of Waves

>> No.15467593
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Welcome to the NHK

>> No.15467622

>>15467525
Normalfags on twitter keep on saying that position feels bad when she falls asleep and becomes significantly warmer.

>> No.15467639

>>15467525
Certainly not any analysis of women and men response rate on online dating

>> No.15467674

>>15467622
>and becomes significantly warmer.
As nice as it is, cuddling WILL result in being drenched in mutual sweat puddles.

>> No.15467732

The gospel of john

>> No.15467811

Gospel of John(2)

>> No.15467850
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>> No.15467888
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15467888

>love
no such thing, there is only egoism
romantic love is based on the overblown glorification of somebody else - and that somebody else has to love you back of course - otherwise it's a disaster! So, you have been chosen by the bestest person in the world, and by extension you must also be great. It's just narcissism with extra steps.

>> No.15467891

>>15467525
The Gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ according to St John.

>> No.15467899

>>15467593
I happen to be very insecure about my intelligence and calling me an idiot is pretty much the worst thing you could say to me. Now I'll have to kill myself, but not before killing you. Nice job trying to make me feel better about myself, you fucking bitch.

>> No.15467905

>>15467525
make her taller than the men and thenl you'll have my attention

>> No.15467907
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>> No.15467922
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ITS NOT FAIR I WILL NEVER EXPERIENCE LOVE OR GENUINE HUMAN CONNECTION AND ITS ALL MY OWN FAULT
I WILL DIE CHILDLESS, PENNILESS, FORGOTTEN

>> No.15467929

>>15467888
Based, it is impossible not to romantically love without pedestalising and being possessive.

>> No.15467941

>>15467525
>>15467545
>>15467922
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

>> No.15467947

>>15467941
cope

>> No.15467949

>>15467525
My condolences to everyone in this thread who doesn’t have that someone who wants to spend their life with you. Don’t lose hope

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>>15467905

>> No.15467954

>>15467949
fuck you normie faggot

>> No.15467959

>>15467947
How so?

>> No.15467960

>>15467941
why would i want to be myself? i'm terrible.

>> No.15467962

>>15467929
>pedestalising
people don’t like being on pedestals because they don’t belong there. Me on the other hand....

>> No.15467977

>>15467960
You can't be loved until you love yourself.

>> No.15467984

>>15467959
If you consider other people to be your "shackles", then you won't be free on your own either. There are always material concerns, you have inherited your sensibilities from your culture, your values, and so on. You're not free from other people even alone. You can't be free. This is just spoken from a perspective of a bitter lonely misanthrope, that overprices "individuality" to the point of narcissism.

>> No.15467988

>>15467977
chicken and egg. why should i love myself if nobody else does? why should anybody love me if i don't?

>> No.15467992

>>15467977
So, even my mother, hell, even God hates me? Got it.

>> No.15467997

>>15467992
your mother might not, but god probably hates you if you are the kind of person incapable of making friends, yes.

>> No.15468007

>>15467997
So I can be loved, regardless of the fact if I love myself.

>> No.15468013

>>15467997
Thank you father

>> No.15468018

>>15468007
i'm not the original anon you were talking to, but there are different kinds of love.

>> No.15468023

>>15468018
I’m not that anon, I was in a previous second (life), anyways, what’s up

>> No.15468024

>>15467977
Fuck off with normie platitudes. You seriously think 90% of people in relationships are happy with themselves?

>> No.15468037

>>15468024
desu, to me it seems like 90% of people in relationships don't love their partners either

>> No.15468047

>>15468037
>>15468024
reminder that somewhere around 50% of marriages end in divorce. its a sad world.

>> No.15468075

>>15468047
Indeed. Further evidence that romantic love is a farce. Individuation was an illusion. It was all for the species.

>> No.15468084

Wishing love for all my /lit/ friends
If only you knew how good things could be

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>>15467984
I don't consider other people to be my "shackles"; emotional hunger, on the other hand, is a hell of a burden. Yes, I do crave company sometimes, but at least I had learn to be on my own.

>> No.15468098

>>15468086
>I do crave company sometimes
literally the opposite, I just want to crawl into a dark hole where I can't see any other humans

>> No.15468173

>>15468098
Try desert monasticism.

>> No.15468181

>>15468024
>You seriously think 90% of people in relationships are happy with themselves?
No, and that's why you must love yourself first.

>> No.15468223

>>15468181
>that's why you must love yourself first
So who would you be lining exactly? Yourself? But then whose doing the loving? While your receiving who will be that’s giving? And what will be given if in the act of giving you expect to receive the very thing to be given? In the time to love yourself you will have found that neither are you there to give or receive, and that love was the only thing holding you together. From where did it come from, and where is love exactly when your all by yourself?

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bell hooks: all about love?

>> No.15468282

>>15468223
baby don`t hurt me

>> No.15468283
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15468283

>>15467922
God loves you

>> No.15468303

>>15467622
>>15467674
>go camping with gf back when I actually had one
>cuddle and heat up while sleeping outside without turning into a giant sweatball

I think human beings are adapted for this. Now that we dwell indoors everything is all fucked up.

>> No.15468305

>>15468181
No because to say to love yourself is a nebulous assertion. You assume that the individual can necessarily be understood as a cohesive self. The self and individuation for that matter is an illusion. Pessoa put it best:
>We never know self-realisation. We are two abysses - a well staring at the sky

>> No.15468314

>>15467545
i hate how stressful relationships are
my last breakup was years ago and all i can think about is how relieved i am to be alone

>> No.15468319

>>15467941
As a married man I kind of feel this way. I love my wife, though when she leaves for a few days it's hard to say I don't feel a certain intangible freedom. She lets me do pretty much anything I want too. Just not the day drinking and living room masturbating.

>> No.15468339

>>15467525
Just play a JRPG.
The power of friendship/love can kill God.

>> No.15468365

>>15468339
Where does that power come from

>> No.15468403

>>15468305

It would be more constructive if you told us the difficulties you experience when you try defining the "self"

>> No.15468410

>>15468314

The main problem is not get into one again. You can't really control those things, anon. They just happen even when you don't want.

I actively tried being f disgusting and yet girls approached me.

>> No.15468439

>>15467525
Read the Symposium. Really OP, please read it. Aristophanes' tale is funny but also beautiful.

>> No.15468500

>>15468314
>>15468410
wish a had a female friend i could cuddle on occasion. yea boyfriend-girlfriend deal is far too stressful for me. it's like a switch that everyone goes along with but i still need years to adjust.

>> No.15468511

>>15467899
that's surprising anon, the one thing that seemingly everyone is so gassed up on is their supposed intelligence. everywhere but especially on imageboards.

>> No.15468513

>>15467907
haven't read the book but that movie was cringe, though i did cry when he died

>> No.15468515

>>15467525
G Gundam

>> No.15468528

>>15467525
Giovanni Boccaccio- Rustico & Alibech

>> No.15468542

>>15467525
Die Leiden des jungen Werther

>> No.15468546

>>15468513
Who

>> No.15468583

Harry Potter

>> No.15468736

>>15467888
>He doesn't know what it's like to have a loving, trusting partner who acts in a synergistic way to improve both of your lives
I think I pity these people the most, god is truly cruel to some

>> No.15468744

>>15468283
god doesn't exist

>> No.15468777

>>15468500

Dunno, but relationships are hard. I usually don't know what people want from me. People are always unhappy, I'm either too cold and then they complain, then I turn into too clingy.

I honestly don't feel like dealing with this kind of thing at the moment, maybe in 6 years or something.

>> No.15468780

Books about being with someone, hugging them, them saying they love you, but feeling nothing inside because you don't really love them and you only reciprocate because you don't want to hurt them?

>> No.15468787

>>15468780
DSm5

>> No.15468861

>>15467922
Look up Transformation Mastery

>> No.15468868

>>15467525
The Last of the Wine

>> No.15468906

DONT NEED MONEY
DONT TAKE FAME
DONT TAKE NO CREDIT CARD
TO RIDE THIS TRAIN

>> No.15468918

>>15467888
Another great recommendation you just brought to mind- Lysis. If both do not feel attraction to each other it is not love or friendship. OP, read Lysis.

>> No.15468927

>>15468780
>but feeling nothing inside because you don't really love them and you only reciprocate because you don't want to hurt them?
wow i never thought i'd meet another one, we should form a listserv

>> No.15468941

>>15468927
>>15468780

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog%27s_dilemma

>> No.15468947

>>15468941
interesting
>>15468927
the worst part is is that I've once known the feeling of actually loving and caring about someone, but I fucked it all up

>> No.15469081

>>15468787
This is only hilarious because it’s so accurate.

>> No.15469253

>>15468365
biology.
your body is capable of tapping into your deepest potential when given strong enough emotion driven incentive
such emotion as seeing your loved ones hurt

>> No.15469258

>>15467545
>tfw never hugged
What's it like?

>> No.15469864

>>15468780
>>15468927
>feeling nothing inside because you don't really love them
roasties detected

>> No.15469905

>>15469864
Dude, I am sorry but not everyone is going to like you. If someone is groaning and rolling their eyes, clearly they do not really like you and are just holding it in.

>> No.15469919

>>15469905
>If someone is groaning and rolling their eyes, clearly they do not really like you
What? That's literally the opposite, it means that you're just a hair-width away from making them laugh. Unless they're already amused, and the groans and etc. are an act. Either way, it's never a bad sign.

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>>15469905
>groaning and rolling their eyes
>clearly they do not really like you
not according to my japanese animes

>> No.15469931

>>15469919
You are either autistic or do not know how to read faces.

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>>15467525
Nope. You shouldn't sleep in the same bed together unless you're married.

>> No.15470018

>>15469980
what if they're brother and sister

>> No.15470036

>>15469258
It feels like home, but on the inside.

>> No.15470052

>>15469927
Real life isn't your 80s romance movie where the guy says mean things but secretly loves you and wants you. If he says get fucked it genuinely means go get fucked.

>> No.15470148

>>15468283
The god you are talking about is a human invention

>> No.15470154

>>15467977
The act of existing and being comfortable with your own person is tied on a fundamental level to the recognition and acceptance of other people.

>>15467997
I though god-sama was supposed to love the rejects the most? Or is that just something jesus said (lied) on behalf of his father-spirit?

t. never read the bible

>> No.15470168

>>15470052
okay, but why doesn't he then give me directions to my copulation partner?

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>>15468500
>wish a had a female friend i could cuddle on occasion.
I've someone like this. We don't cuddle nor have sex ofc but I use to tickle her feet while watching movies and TV, and we've that feeling of low key intimacy. Sometimes I think she's exerting some kind of power dynamic over me, though.

>> No.15470226

>>15470215
holy hell what a simp

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15470228

>>15467525
GOD PLEASE, ALL I WANT IS A QT GF THAT LOVES ME

>> No.15470231

>>15468500
Stupid fucking cuck

>> No.15470235

>start watching anime again
>after years of peace, the desire to get a gf awakens inside me once more

nooooooooooooooooo

>> No.15470342

>>15470226
I'm not really into her nor have any fetish for feet worship, but sometimes I think the activity in question implies a power relation of some sort.

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>>15470342
no shit

>> No.15470397

>>15467553
Sad world you live in

>> No.15470423

>>15468305
>Bah its all an illusion!!!
Who is experiencing/perceiving the illusion? another illusion? When was the last time you saw a self-aware mirage?

>> No.15470426

>>15469980
virgin

>> No.15470489

>>15467922
books on not being able to experience or understand love?

>> No.15470502

>>15470350
I guess I unconsciously like it.

>> No.15470531

>>15467525

-1984
-Jane Eyre
-Lolita
-Miracleman
-Oedipus Rex
-The Picture of Dorian Grey

>> No.15470550

>>15467941
To a great extent this is true, and relying on a relationship for happiness is a certain sign that you're mentally ill, you should be able to find happiness from within your own mind. However, you should still have relationships and especially marriage because having children is important to being human.

>> No.15470939

>>15470550
>you should still have relationships and especially marriage because having children is important to being human.
OK boomer

>> No.15471000

>>15470939
Being alive is defined by being able to reproduce. Incels aren't living organisms from definition.

>> No.15471044

>>15467888
Ignoring the possibility of egoistic love.
Love is the emotional response of one man to the virtues of another, the spiritual payment given in exchange for the personal, selfish pleasure which one man derives from the virtues of another man’s character.

>> No.15471056

>>15470215
>>15470342
doesn't tickling her feet imply YOU have the power in that situation?

>> No.15471207
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>>15471056
Well, I'm at her feet. Literally. I think is all very symbolic. She uses to approach her foot to my face and let it slowly rest on my lap, usually as near to my crotch as possible without actually touching me there. So from a point of view, it's like I'm implicitly her servant.

>> No.15471241

>>15471207
commit sudoku. it's the only way to save your honor at this point

>> No.15471267

>>15471207
tickling implies you're making her squirm and giggle though. it's more like she's putting herself in a position of vulnerability to you. that's how i see it anyway.

>> No.15471410

>>15471267
No, she doesn't giggle nor squirm. Her soles aren't very sensible in that torturous way. She just enjoy it.

>> No.15472577

>>15468736
>He doesn't know what it's like to have a loving, trusting partner who acts in a synergistic way to improve both of your lives
ill believe this bologna when i see it

>> No.15472607

Only virgin girls are capable of love

>> No.15472651

>>15470235
Abe's propaganda at work.

>> No.15473733
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>>15469258
It feels relaxing anon

>> No.15473772

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJdzNyG86fs

>> No.15474095
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15474095

fuck bros why did I let her go? we weren't compatible but fuck man I'll never be loved again

>> No.15474128

>>15468283
Then why is life cruel to so many people?

>> No.15474144

>>15470228
it'll never happen because women can't love

>> No.15474914

>>15469258
Like being told that everything is going to be okay and that you are wonderful the way you are, but there are no words. When a woman you love hugs you, it’s like a rush of sunlight coursing through every inch of your body.

>> No.15474926

>>15468736
God has nothing to do with it, nor should he ever.

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>>15467525
>smack dab in the middle of lockdown quarantine
>living with immunocompromised parents and helping them out in this difficult time
>qt who I very briefly dated last year contacts me again
>says she was thinking of me and would love to try dating again
>can’t risk it without potentially killing my dad

I told her all this. I hope things change soon.

>> No.15475024

>>15470939
>he's proud that he isn't going to reproduce
Imagine being proud that you are the first individual in the entirety of your lineage, spanning millions of generations of ancestors, that chose to be a biological failure.

>> No.15475059

>>15467525
Tolstoy's short story "What Men Live By"

>> No.15475088

>>15467525
any books on pederasty or twink/man relationships?

>> No.15475307

>>15467525
I just want to be hugged this way, and I'm say that as someone with a girlfriend

>> No.15475429

>>15467525
Love in Times of Cholera

>> No.15475629

Unironically, the Hyperion Cantos if you make it to the forth book. (Stop after 2)

>> No.15476317

>>15475307
God I hated being in this situation. It’s worse than being single.

>> No.15476329

>>15475024
>in the entirety of your lineage
Most of you don't even know your lineage. I actually descend from nobility, but I personally don't want kids. I'm not an antinatalist though.

>> No.15477243

>>15470531
Thanks

>> No.15477284

>>15476329
All I know is that four generations ago my family were Ashkenazi peasants who got kicked repeatedly between the ever changing Russian-Polish border until we had enough of that shit and immigrated to Boston.

>> No.15477827

>>15468024
Platitudes contain the wisdom

>> No.15477985

>>15477827
There is greater wisdom in silence.

>> No.15478018

>>15467953

>> No.15478060

>>15474926
god has everything to do with it, the guy has a pretty sick sense of humor if you hadn't noticed

>> No.15479211

Are there any whitepill books about this? Some of the shit in this thread is depressing

>> No.15479235

>ctrl + f a force from above
>no results

>> No.15479261
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>>15467941
Based and Stoicpilled.

>> No.15479292
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15479292

Have you ever heard of the West African Adinkra symbols? This one is the symbol of the power of love
>ODO NNYEW FIE KWAN
>"Love never loses its way home"

What wisdom do you find in that?
Any books with this theme you recommend?