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"and the stimulus [intense light] affords to the sense, and a sort of infinitude which it hath, like space and time, make all matter gay" you heard it here first folks

“and my heart dons a child’s velvet suit to go to a church it does not know; its face, above a wide, white collar, is flushed with the excitement of first impressions, and smiles with not a trace of sadness in its eyes.” why is this little passage making me so emotional

i feel so tapped in when i get a portuguese geography related joke 🤓

i think we’re getting lost in the sauce a bit

so far eerily relatable 😇

“has a god ever apologized to a woman?” bars

if edmond’s neighbor was a 21st century girl, he would be the type to comment “you are SO brave for posting this!!❤️” under other girls’ posts lol

why is this lowkey giving magical realism

having read/listened to 1.33 of kevin wilson’s books, he is officially one of my favorite writers

rereading this because i'm writing a paper on the contrasts and safe to say i am in awe all over again by how rich this book is – thematically, stylistically, lyrically, symbolically... like i could write a dissertation

yayyy title drop

i just want this to be over with

nothing more cringy than imagining a 71 year old grandpa with his 34 year old mistress in a matching pair of moccasins