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4388553 No.4388553 [Reply] [Original]

>You're at home
>Reading a book
>You come across a sentence so deep and clever and well-written it makes you feel a thousand feels
>In this moment you are unlightened by both the authors and your own intelligences
>You're then too euphoric to keep reading and actually have to stop for a while

Has this kind of thing ever happened to you, /lit/ ? It happens to me a lot and it's so overwhelming that it's almost annoying.

>> No.4388557

>>4388553
>unlightened

>> No.4388574

>>4388557
I meant enlightened. Apology for poor english.

Isn't it obvious that english isn't my mother language, though ?

>> No.4388577

>>4388574
Obvious. All too obvious.

>> No.4388581

>>4388557

It was a truly beautiful play on words, I'm sorry you were too dense to appreciate it.

>> No.4388589

>>4388577
Well then, what is the point in pointing out my mistakes ? You'd rather focus on the subject of my thread or leave.

>> No.4388592

>>4388589
le master ruseman

>> No.4388599

>>4388574


dont apologize, its even better the way it is.

>> No.4388607

Yes it habbens every sentense I reed. It's much to annoying. I ons red a buk it was meindblovinly gud I was all eforic that is whi I do not reed animor. ;—;

>> No.4388612

>>4388599
>Apology for poor english
>Not getting the reference

You're clearly new on 4chan

>> No.4388620

>>4388553
Yes this happens to me sometimes, it's the more enjoyable part of reading for me but I see it as a journey not a destination.

>> No.4388622

>>4388612


its great that youre a certified memologist anon, but john lenin is not relevant to what i said.

>> No.4388630

Are we still talking about reading so hard we have to stop for a while? That happened to me in my early 30s when I read the Rum Diary, that section about holding no cards.

>> No.4388657

>>4388630
btw im an oldfag

>> No.4388663

>>4388657
How do I become an oldfag like you?

>> No.4388672
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4388672

>this thread

>> No.4388681

I'm >>4388630
but not >>4388657

but the answer to
>>4388663
is to quit the heroin, booze, and cigarettes.

worked for me! I've made it to 34 already.

>> No.4388686

>>4388672
for seriously, this thread is why we can't have nice things. either talk about lit or pretend we're a smart /b/, not both at the same time.

>> No.4388687

>>4388681
are you rich?

>> No.4388692

were were u when op unlighted?
i was reding mountain when Jesse called
"op is off"
"no"

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4388736

>>4388553
>Swagg's way

>> No.4388774

>>4388687
I make about 2x what I need (meaning I save 50% of my paychecks), I'm not sure if that's "rich" but I'm certainly saving a lot of money.

>> No.4388778

>>4388774


you should make that money work for you in some way, inflation tax is working against you.

>> No.4388812

>>4388553
yea I do this. feels good.

>> No.4388829

This is teh vest bread i've seen evr 4ever i lol much

>> No.4388888

>>4388553
Happens to me whenver I read Nabokov and Proust. Pretty much the masters of aesthetics.

Anyone else comes close?

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4389364

LOL OP'S A FAG.

It's happened to me a few times, though. If I remember right it was Melville, Proust, Dostoevsky and Poe. Poe especially. I can't even remember which line it was, or where it came from, but he said something that was written so damn well, combined with it connecting to me on a personal level, that I drowned in feels.

>> No.4389382

Okay yeah. I was underground waiting on the trolley to take me home from work when I hit upon a line in "The Magus" that was so incisive that I instantly became dazed and euphoric. So much so that I rode the whole way home lost in thought. I almost missed my stop.