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Hmm never thought I’d be enjoying Camus

Why am I seeing so much platonism/neoplatonism in Proust whenever he talks about beauty

Alright it’s gotten a bit more interesting.

Hmm this is kind of nuts and thought provoking I like it

Loving this

He is so funny and snarky!

Sonya is just as insane and lost as Raskolnikov…

Verlaine <3

Reading this book must be hell for non French speakers

"Ah, leave me alone in my pubescent park, in my misery garden. Let them play around me forever. Never grow up." Nabokov was insane for this one

A Villequier de Victor Hugo

"Je sais que le fruit tombe au vent qui le secoue,
Que L’oiseau perd sa plume et la fleur son parfum;
Que la création est une grande roue
Qui ne peut se mouvoir sans écraser quelqu’un;"

Le lac d’Alphonse de Lamartine

Not sure if it’s the translation but so far it’s mediocre

I’m rereading the other chapters and enjoying even more and I find her so thoughtful

The chapter on contradiction is really good