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"Neem mij nou bijvoorbeeld! (...) Het laatste steelpannetje met rijst dat ik voor eigen consumptie klaarmaakte zette ik te Leiden in de gemeenschappelijke keuken van mijn studentenflat op 22 juni 1968 op het vuur om pas op de 27ste van die maan daarvan af te halen. Ondanks dat ik de pit maar half had aangezet (...) was er tegen de tijd dat ik het gas uitdraaide een allesbehalve smakelijke hap bereid"

"True it is, that even wine, up to a certain point, and with certain men, rather tends to exhalt and to steady the intellect: I myself, who have never been a great wine-drinker, used to find that half a dozen glasses of wine advantageously affected the faculties[.]" THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️A little treat of six (6) glasses of wine to stimulate the ol' think machine

"He had a special cult for the daffodil (...), telling May Harper that he had once 'lived upon daffodils for a fortnight'. Not quite yet having the full courage of his absurdities, he then 'looked round suspiciously' to gauge her reaction to this new line. Finding that she was smiling, he added hastily, 'I don't mean I ate them.'"

"En zij vergat, dat het land zelve, het oorspronkelijk zoo heel mooie land geen schuld had aan die belachelijkheid."

Reread!

Happy Birthday, Mr Wilde ♥️

"We are all so afraid, we are all so alone, we all so need from the outside the assurance of our own worthiness to exist." , oh god!!

The writing is so beautiful.... idk who this Ford Ford is but I'm in love with him.... tell me more, Mr. Ford <3

Grossly overestimated how interested I am in politics. (Doesn't help that the book is 4 years old and mainly deals with "Trump's current administration"... yeah no. It's been a while innit. Gonna DNF

I don't understand anything this man is saying... someone help me... explain it to me like I'm a toddler

Bbbbbhh.... It's so good.... BbbBbshhhGODDDD I love him sm.... He's literally everything to me UGHHH don't die please<3

BOOM!!! BOOM!! TRA ta ta ta ta!!! PEWPEWPEWPEWPEW! "ARGHHHH MY LEG!!!" "LOL!! IDIOT LOST HIS LEG" Pow pow pow pow BGOOOOOHMMMM "MERCYYYY AHHRHHHH"

Sorry to everyone who saw my sudden spam: realised I could change the editions of my reading entries but didn't know they's all post on the TL, SOZ!!! I'm just a little Digibeet 🙏 old man Oscar

Volume III... GOD... I'm really loving it... So tense... Such drama...

Man there sure is a lot of war and peace in here

If the actual novella is as amusing as its introduction then I'm in for a treat lmao

Very nice very nice

Tja... I don't think I'll finish this by tomorrow 👎

Charles Dickens thinks he's so fucking funny

I HATE Charles Dickens I HATE him and I HATE PIP TOO!!!! THERE!!!!

Gonna give it a lower rating because of the CATS :((

ARGGH SO GOOD

Really starting to love this