Silver’s Reviews > The Book of Disquiet > Status Update

“Even while saying that I’m always different, I feel that I’ve always said the same thing; that I resemble myself more than I’d like to admit; that, when the books are balanced, I’ve had neither the joy of winning nor the emotion of losing.”
I want to buy another copy of this book because I love it so much

“No one knew me under the mask of similarity, nor ever knew that I had a mask, because no one knew that there are masked people in the world. No one imagined that at my side there was always another, who was in fact I”
Absolute literature. Half of the things in this book feel ripped straight out of my own head.

“What to do? Isolate the moment like a thing, and be happy now, in the moment we’re feeling happiness, thinking of nothing but what we’re feeling and completely excluding everything else. Trap all thought in our sensation”
Ive been actively avoiding reading this. I’ve been in a horrible slump since February.

“At this very moment, I’m the one who is attentively writing them…I’m the one thinking about all of this, I’m the one feeling my body satisfied and my hands still a bit cold.“ cut off for space
I’ve thought about this almost one for one before. Scary how close this is to my life

“How can I possess with my body, when I don’t even possess my body? How can I possess with my soul, when I don’t possess my soul? How can I understand with my mind, when I don’t understand my mind?”
This is from an earlier part, but I really liked it.

“The value of art is that it takes us away from here.”
Wow page 300

“I’ve lived in a state of mental slumber, leading the life of someone else. I’ve felt, very often, a vicarious happiness. I haven’t existed. I’ve been someone else. I’ve lived without thinking.”
I guess I’m doing this now. God I love this book so much

“I’ve probably never enjoyed an incorruptible moment, free of any underlying spirit of failure and gloom. In all my moments of spiritual liberation there was a dormant sorrow, vaguely blooming in gardens beyond the walls of my consciousness” Cut off for space
Officially halfway done!

“Anything but to have to struggle with original creation! How I envy those who produce novels, those who begin them and write them and finish them!”
As someone who has tried on multiple occasions to write a novel, yeah.

I should probably stop updating this daily but at the same time I don’t want to stop.