/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.9969324]

Okay /lit/.

Give me something short to read.

[Anonymous No.9969341]

this post
enjoy it!

[Anonymous No.9969351]

>>9969324
the art of worldly wisdom by baltasar gracian and fug i'm a bug by franz kafka

[Anonymous No.9969353]

O My God
When I look into the future, I am frightened,
But why plunge into the future?
Only the present moment is precious to me,
As the future may never enter my soul at all.

It is no longer in my power
To change, correct or add to the past;
For neither sages nor prophets could do that.
And so, what the past has embraced I must entrust to God.

O present moment, you belong to me, whole and entire.
I desire to use you as best I can.
And although I am weak and small,
You grant me the grace of your omnipotence.

And so, trusting in Your mercy,
I walk through life like a little child,
Offering You each day this heart
Burning with love for Your greater glory.
-Sr. Faustina

[Anonymous No.9969394]

for sale: baby's shoes, never worn

[Anonymous No.9969400]

>>9969351
>Keep a Store of Sarcasms, and know how to use them.
>This is the point of greatest tact in human intercourse.
So this is where you people go to learn.

[Anonymous No.9969403]

wittgenstein's nephew by thomas bernhard

[Anonymous No.9969407]

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[Anonymous No.9969408]

>>9969400
That and Schopenhauer's The Art of Being Right.

It's literally a guide to shitposting.

[Anonymous No.9969409]

Almost anything by Borges. Just pick a story at random, none of them are longer than twenty pages.

[Anonymous No.9969414]

>>9969408
forgot pic

[Anonymous No.9969514]

>>9969409
I read The Immortal. I take it the land of the immortals is an allegory for capitalism.

[Anonymous No.9969532]

>>9969514
Nevermind. I wikied it and was way off the mark. It wasn't an allegory. Time to kms.

[Anonymous No.9969541]

Try reading The Alcemist.
You could probably finish it in an hour or two.

[Anonymous No.9969568]

>>9969541
Last time I tried to read, I read the Grapes of Wrath until they reached California and bathed in the river. But I might give The Alchemist a go.

[Anonymous No.9969661]

>>9969568
>>Last time I tried to read, I read the Grapes of Wrath until they reached California and bathed in the river.
>Last time I tried to read, I read the Grapes of Wrath over the course of many days until they reached California and bathed in the river. Then I lost concentration and never picked the novel up again.
Fixed that for myself. My concentration sucks butt.

[Anonymous No.9969697]

Ayn Rand Anthem

[Anonymous No.9969715]

Roger Zelazny - For A Breath I Tarry

http://www.kulichki.com/moshkow/ZELQZNY/forbreat.txt

[Anonymous No.9970473]

>>9969324
your life's accomplishments
alternatively, your romantic conquests

[Anonymous No.9970486]

>>9970473
fugg

[Anonymous No.9970492]

>>9969324
Salinger's Nine Stories. If that's too long, just read Perfect Day for Banana Fish and De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period

[Anonymous No.9970512]

The Nonexistent Knight.