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stuff in the secret history that’s not even that abnormal like literally just a normal part of being in college
- frankly? the fact that richard becomes friends with them so quick and is like “these are the best friends of my life we will hang out forever and ever and ever” even though anyone with an outsider’s perspective would be like “bro these people are weird and toxic as hell”
- you can’t sign up for classes that seem like they would be very easy to sign up for and the only explanation an advisor will give you is that “professors are weird about this kind of stuff” and you’re like… isn’t that… your job… to get me into the class anyway???
- “ ‘were you at lunch?’ she meant had i been out of the room yet that day. i said i hadn’t.”
- when henry is like richard you were in stem for a hot minute right? can you do this extremely complex calculus/chemistry problem for me? and richard is like well first of all chemical substances are measured in moles and henry’s like what’s a mole
- that moment when richard is pacing frantically around his room thinking “oh my god i’ve been in college for three years and i still have no idea what i want to do with my life oh my god oh my god and i have to fill out these financial aid papers right fucking now because my major no longer exists” lmao that’ll happen
- the fact that simultaneously it’s the most action-packed and plot-twist-filled book ever and yet if you read closely sixty percent of the book is like “i woke up late. after class i did homework for five hours. no one talked to me. then i went and ate dinner at the dining hall. nobody talked to me there, either”. that’s exactly what college feels like!
- when richard finds out his friends committed murder and immediately has to finish his essay that’s due that day
- when they kill bunny and that’s the week that julian assigns them so much work that none of them would be able to do it even under normal circumstances
- when francis is like “richard you need to drive me to the hospital i think i’m having a heart attack” and the doctor is like “what you have is anxiety” and francis is like nah that can’t possibly be it
- “metahemeralism’s gotta be the ticket here, see?”
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I don't want a fucking job I want to be that elegant woman you see studying in the library all day with her cat and a cup of coffee, poring over ancient texts with a maddening half-smile on her face.
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the secret history fans be like "i'm okay with murder but i draw a line at homophobia and sexism"
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Adriana: do you ever want to talk about your feelings, Yakira?
Me: no
Marianna: I do
Adriana: I know, Marianna
Marianna: I’m sad
Adriana: I know Marianna
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“Does such a thing as “the fatal flaw,” that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature?” ― Donna Tartt, The Secret History
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Credit to @CSMFHT on Twitter
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yea that's pretty much it
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that is me
gay ppl see a character that has committed several atrocities and are immediately like
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Don’t be sad, start a secret society.
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it's so cute when someone is talking about their passion and what they are genuinely interested in, i love how their face starts glowing, their eyes have this sparkle and they just keep rambling on about it with excitement.
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fuck literary gatekeeping, read whatever you want.
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The funniest part about the secret history is that richard didn't even want to be a classics major. He just didn't want to take a new language class. He was like "hey can I take greek? I already know some" and that weird mf julian was like "only if you join our cult"
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“don’t judge a book by it’s cover”, I say as I remain a slut for a book with a pretty cover.
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I don't want a fucking job I want to be that elegant woman you see studying in the library all day with her cat and a cup of coffee, poring over ancient texts with a maddening half-smile on her face.
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the utter romantic notion that the stars have a hand in our fate.
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After the bacchanal
Henry: okk everyone, act NORMALLY
Charles, Camilla and Francis:
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Richard Papen
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