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"Was it not dreadful that this man that walks among others, was it not dreadful that He was God."

"Mother mary has no need of worldy admiration, any more than Abraham need of tears, for she was not a heroine and he was not a hero, but both of them became greater, not because they were exempt from distress and torment and paradox, but they became great through these."

"[The knight] is not cowardly, he is not afraid of letting love creep into his most secret, his most hidden thoughts, to let it twine in innumerable coils about every ligament of his conciousness--if the love becomes an unhappy love, he will never be able to tear himself loose from it. He feels a blissful ruptrue in letting love tingle through every nerve...for this instant is life and death"

take on situationships.

Egyptology being a thing in the islamic golden age is so cool. Do you think they would also have people selling fake egyptian "artifacts" that are wildly inaccurate but inspire some sort of idea of a great and ancient period of time for humanity?

This is actually so captivating so far, also I love unapolagetically violent political action.

"...so maybe that wasn't why we were so quiet after all... Mostly it was the closeness. It made my throat ache, wanting to speak of it."

"...so maybe that wasn't why we were so quiet after all... Mostly it was the closeness. It made my throat ache, wanting to speak of it."

"...so maybe that wasn't why we were so quiet after all... Mostly it was the closeness. It made my throat ache, wanting to speak of it."

motivating myself to study this by putting it on ym goodreads

"She laughed as if what I'd just said was so clever that it had somehow made her bubble over with joy. That phone call was the best thing that had
happened all day, and for a while after I'd hung up, the situation at
school didn't seem nearly so bad any more."
This is so frikin real holy moly

God the yearning here is so real

"As he had observed only hours before, a well bred dog belongs in the hands of the surest hands."
bro likes dommy mommys who can blame him

Seems strange to me how limited it's perspective is so far on the revolution, it seems to brush off a lot of a lot of events. If the main character is in fact an ex revolutionary, I'd expect a greater or at least more nuanced understanding from his perspective?

Spooky things going on, also lesbians.

Pierre is such an icon that he deserves to be hanged <3

Girl: Yeah I don't even know how to describe it yk I'm just like really ATTRACTED to her but like as friends yk

"Ettes vous étrangement attirée vers moi que je me sens attirée vers vous?"

What a vibe

Only 10h left of the audiobook you know shit's getting real

"Maybe it is nothingness that is real and our entire dream is nonexistent, but in that case we feel that these phrases of music, and these notions that exist in relation to our dream, must also be nothing. We will perish, but we have for hostages these divine captives who will follow us and share our fate. And death in their company is less bitter, less inglorious, perhaps less probable."

I have found what I imagine was the motif for the Vinteuil Sonata, Trio elegiaque No. 2 in D minor 5:58

It's an odd experience to be swept over by a romance right as you read the section "Swann in Love", to not only recognize the text but feel your emotions and mental landscape reinvigorated through art. What I would find little more than teenage sentiment was given a rip through habit and tedium, Proust gets it.

This is SO good holy moly. Don't remember the last time a book has had me this immersed!

Please bless yourself with the joy of reading this ‼️‼️‼️

FUCK YEAHHH LESBIANS

Szeth is really growing on me. Leave the poor guy alone 😭😭😭

Never have I ever heard of a whinier little bitch.

But, honestly, his daydreaming about how the butler finds him dead because he's so angry about being locked in a room is such an emo thing to do. He also goes on about how everyone hates him and that he's probably adopted.

Rip Tolstoy you would have loved Xxx tentacion

Syl and Kaladin are my favorite forever ♥️

Reached the passage describing Mlle. Vinteuil

I'll be honest this is one of the passages that even when I reread it, can't for the life of me understand what he's on about. But also, I do? I feel the psychology of a character described in a brief passage more profoundly than many people I've known for years. I forgot how insightful Proust can be beyond the pretty language, I'll reread it sometime later again.