/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.16296098]

“Men are born for games. Nothing else. Every child knows that play is nobler than work. He knows too that the worth or merit of a game is not inherent in the game itself but rather in the value of that which is put at hazard. Games of chance require a wager to have meaning at all. Games of sport involve the skill and strength of the opponents and the humiliation of defeat and the pride of victory are in themselves sufficient stake because they inhere in the worth of the principals and define them. But the trial of chance or trial of worth all games aspire to the condition of war for here that which is wagered swallows up game, player, all. War is the ultimate game because war is at last a forcing of the unity of existence. War is god.”

[Anonymous No.16296107]

>>16296098
OoooOOoooOOoohhh, look at the top of his head!

[Anonymous No.16296110]

>>16296098
Is that Blood Meridian? Fuck, I really need to get on that

[Anonymous No.16296111]

>>16296107
you culd have urnironcially btfo the judge wkth that. he waould have ended up a cryign bludbbering mess

[Anonymous No.16296120]

> By Here, a fair resting-place, full of summer sounds and scents. Here is this lofty and spreading plane-tree, and the agnus cast us high and clustering, in the fullest blossom and the greatest fragrance; and the stream which flows beneath the plane-tree is deliciously cold to the feet. Judging from the ornaments and images, this must be a spot sacred to Achelous and the Nymphs. How delightful is the breeze:-so very sweet; and there is a sound in the air shrill and summerlike which makes answer to the chorus of the cicadae. But the greatest charm of all is the grass, like a pillow gently sloping to the head.

[Anonymous No.16296129]

>>16296111
Or he would have raped your brains out

[Anonymous No.16296178]

>>16296098
Is that shit-ass quote supposed to be brilliant?

[Anonymous No.16296189]

>>16296178
It seems it’s trying to come across as more warped than anything else... so probably not

[Anonymous No.16296217]

>>16296178
I like the quote. I'll probably get around to reading Blood Meridian finally because OP posted it.

[Anonymous No.16296234]

>>16296217
I had blood meridian on my list and am considering dropping it because of the quote.

[Anonymous No.16296236]

That illustration is really bad. He looks like that obnoxious fat kid at the playground.

[Anonymous No.16296248]

>>16296234
Heraclitus is my favorite Greek so I'm sympathetic towards it. I don't know the context of the quote in the book, though.

[Anonymous No.16296266]

gamers rise up

[Anonymous No.16296272]

>>16296098
I've been to war. its ight.

[Anonymous No.16296305]

>>16296234
Why?

[Anonymous No.16296312]

>>16296098
Uncle Fester said that?

[Anonymous No.16296312,1]

>>16296248
Why is Heraclitus your favorite philosopher? I must know.

[Anonymous No.16296651]

>>16296098
people who draw the judge as a monster are fucking retards. he should be as beautiful and serene as a raphael painting.

[Anonymous No.16296713]

>>16296111

this spelling and this mind this is a zoomer. a weakling, faggot, woman or mix of the three. a disgusting creature who just eats and shits when it isn't word vomiting.

[Anonymous No.16296724]

>>16296098
what's he the judge of, anyway?

[Anonymous No.16297296]

>>16296098
started good then went full retard with that war shit

[Anonymous No.16297308]

>>16296234
you're considering dropping it because a character said something you disagreed with? let me guess, you've read zero books in your whole life?

[Anonymous No.16297319]

>WAR IS SO FUCKING GOOD BROS, I KNOW IT CAUSE IVE SEEN AND READ ALL THAT LIT OF PEOPLE PRAISING IT BECAUSE THE POWERS THAT HAVE BEEN AND STILL ARE FIND IT CONVENIENT TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE WAR IS HONORABLE DUDE, IT'S SO FUCKING GREAT ONLY SOIBOIS DON'T GO TO WAR THATS WHY I GET FAT ON SODA AND HAMBURGERS BECAUSE THERE'S NO MORE HONORABLE WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous No.16297431]

Anyone who thinks The Judge is a hero or some sort of prophet has completely missed the point.

[Anonymous No.16297447]

>>16297319
Take your meds.

[Anonymous No.16297459]

>“Men are born for games. Nothing else. Every child knows that play is nobler than work. He knows too that the worth or merit of a game is not inherent in the game itself but rather in the value of that which is put at hazard. Games of chance require a wager to have meaning at all. Games of sport involve the skill and strength of the opponents and the humiliation of defeat and the pride of victory are in themselves sufficient stake because they inhere in the worth of the principals and define them. But the trial of chance or trial of worth all games aspire to the condition of war for here that which is wagered swallows up game, player, all. War is the ultimate game because war is at last a forcing of the unity of existence. War is god.”

[Anonymous No.16297552]

>>16297308
Fuck off Cormac

[Anonymous No.16297561]

>>16297319
I thought this was gonna be a funny post but it quickly turned into a cringe leftist "joke"

[Anonymous No.16297582]

>>16297561
>posts pepe
>uses leftist as a derogatory term
yep it's a polretard

[Anonymous No.16297592]

>>16297582
Go donate simpbux to contrapoint’s patreon.

[Anonymous No.16297598]

>>16297582
>leftypol

[Anonymous No.16297600]

>>16297592
literally /who/?

[Anonymous No.16297612]

>>16297582
Leftist has been used derogatorily for hundreds of years newfag

[Anonymous No.16297621]

>>16297612
yeah, by retards

[Anonymous No.16297624]

>>16297612
>>16297598
/lit/ /fit/ and /his/ are leftist boards fuck off to your containment board incels

[Anonymous No.16297633]

>>16296178
No, the musings of a genocidal madman

[Anonymous No.16297637]

>>16297624

[Anonymous No.16297639]

>>16297624
>left
>right
I'll never forgive the french for creating such a retarded binary

[Anonymous No.16297643]

>>16297624
All boards are right-wing, tankie, go back to r*ddi

[Anonymous No.16297674]

>>16297624
>/lit/ /fit/ and /his/ are leftist boards
No wonder they're full of useless threads by disgusting and pathetic sacks of shit and by far the worst boards on here. Faggot.

[Anonymous No.16297676]

[Anonymous No.16297680]

>>16297676
He’s at it again.

[Anonymous No.16297688]

>>16297676
Will you fucking leave already?

[Anonymous No.16297699]

>>16297680
>>16297688
The poltard is immunized against all dangers: one may call him an idiot, retard, mouthbreather, bootlicker, it all runs off him like water off a raincoat. But call him a virgin and you will be astonished at how he recoils, how injured he is, how he suddenly shrinks back: “I’ve been found out.”

[Anonymous No.16297703]

>>16297624
/his/ is a monarchist board newfag

[Anonymous No.16297705]

>>16297699
>The poltard is immunized against all dangers: one may call him an idiot, retard, mouthbreather, bootlicker, it all runs off him like water off a raincoat. But call him a virgin and you will be astonished at how he recoils, how injured he is, how he suddenly shrinks back: “I’ve been found out.”

[Anonymous No.16297761]

>>16297624
>/fit/
Lol. I wonder anon, are shitposter from /tv/?
>>16297703
Based

[Anonymous No.16297792]

The judge is handsome, intelligent and charismatic btw

[Anonymous No.16297949]

>>16296651
Agreed. It's like the people who draw this shit never actually read the book.

[Anonymous No.16297954]

>>16296724
Whether men can ever truly surpass our own limitations, the cold forger in the penultimate chapter represents this. The night never ending suggest we never will... the Judge being the judge of whether we have surpassed that limit.

[Anonymous No.16298087]

A more accurate physical description of the judge