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>books that hit you right in the feels

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I know it gets talked about a lot on here but I was actually just thinking a few minutes ago how nearly perfect this novel is.

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>> No.5419858

Something Happened by Joseph Heller.

I got about halfway through but it's so miserable and accurate that I can't handle it.

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>>5419485
I picked Stoner up today at a College book sale.

>> No.5419955

>>5419926

did you buy it? or at least leaf through it before putting it back down?

>> No.5420004

The Book of Disquiet hits me close.

>> No.5420006

blood meridian

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I often laughed, and you often gave me a dissatisfied look, till you pressed me to unfold my past before you as if it were a roll of pictures. It was then I felt respect for you. Because you unreservedly showed me your resolution to catch something alive in my being, and to sip the warm blood running in my body, by cutting my heart. At that time, I was still living, and did not want to die. So I rejected your request, promising to satisfy you some day. Now I am going to destroy my heart myself, and pour my blood into your veins. I shall be happy if a new life can enter into your bosom, when my heart has stopped beating.

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>>5417286
The Aberdeen Bestiary

Particularly the lines:
Interfectis vel morientibus dominis equi lacrimas fundunt. Solum enim equum dicunt propter hominem lacrimare et doloris affectum sentire.

meaning:

for his dead or dying master the horse sheds a tear. they say that the horse alone weeps for men and feels the emotion of grief on their account.

>> No.5421464

Anything Japanese
Stoner