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janefrigginausten · 5 months

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“Because of the self-confidence with which he had spoken, no one could tell whether what he said was very clever or very stupid.”

— Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

#quotes #good quotes #book quotes #book quote #war and peace #leo tolstoy #book characters #classic books #classic book reader #classic book lovers #classic book readers #quote #words

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chillpotato · 11 months

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Mieko Kawakami, from 'Heaven'

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neasoxi · 4 months

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Angela Davis and Toni Morrison in 1974

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silverystardustt · 2 months

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does anyone else find people working -- poring over texts, focused, eyes locked, brains turning, passionate, dedicated -- incredibly attractive?

#literature #academia #dark academia #classics #poetry #books #light academia #university #work #author #diary #writer #reader #bookish #bookstagram #thoughts

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chelseaalexandriaaesthetics · 11 days

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Are you reading anything good? I'm always taking book suggestions!

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jackxo · 7 days

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𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚?

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old-school-romantics · 20 days

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- Franz kafka

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pagesofjasmine · 7 months

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Me in memes

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sluttyhenrywinter · 2 years

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richard papen was so real for being more upset at his friends not inviting him to a drug fuelled orgy than finding out they killed someone at said event

#the secret history #donna tartt #richardpapen #henry winter #dark acamedia #fictional characters #literature #classic academia #light academia #reader #books

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comradekatara · 7 months

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modern au katara reads books “for fun” that are “engaging” and “enjoyable” and sokka (big finnegan’s wake head) is like “weak. i only read books that exacerbate my suicidal tendencies”

#i too only ever want to read books i find enjoyable fwiw but because i find most pop lit unbearable i do sound like sokka to people #who do not understand that reading shakespeare to me is like comfort food #sokkas hobbies much like everything else are filled with self inflicted struggle and anguish #he only wants to read the densest least acceissble literature (fiction & nonfiction) he can get his hands on #if he’s not in pain when ostensibly reading for pleasure then something is WRONG #modern au #katara #sokka #katara&sokka #i do think katara is also a big reader though #she’ll read anything and everything #nonfiction romance sff ‘classics’ etc etc #but then sokka is like ‘well audiobooks are cheating. actually’#and she throws a rock at his head killing him instantly #(he doesn’t even believe that bc he reads aloud to toph constantly he just wanted to provoke her into throwing a rock at his head.)

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deadlypoetacademia · 3 months

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The never ending cycle of, "reading because I am depressed" and "depressed because I am reading".

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janefrigginausten · 4 months

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Her feelings were very acute, and too little understood to be properly attended to. Nobody meant to be unkind, but nobody put themselves out of their way to secure her comfort.

- Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

#books #jane austen #mansfield park #Jane Austen quote #Jane Austen quotes #book quotes #classic books #classic book reader #classic book readers #classic book #janeite #quotes #book characters #book quote #fanny price #quotes about feelings

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chillpotato · 2 years

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- A.R Asher

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liv-333 · 3 months

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THE SECRET HISTORY HEADCANNONS

⁃ Everyone in the class loved Camilla romantically at some point, Francis often used her as a way of denying his sexuality. ⁃ Henry’s roses bloomed every year after his death, despite not being taken care of very well, on the rare occasion Richard visited Vermont, specifically Hampden he looked at the roses and found peace in the fact that nature fulfilled Henry’s wish of immortality. ⁃ Julian died not long after Henry did, the shock and disparity of the situation led him to madness and heartbreak only cured by death. ⁃ By the time Bunny was found he should’ve been already rotting, his skin grey and shrivelled. Due to the weather his body had been preserved. I can’t remember whether it states what funeral type he had in the book but since his parents were rich it was probably open casket; The sight of bunny’s body in death disturbed the class deeply, haunting them and fearing that somehow, someday he might come back, they all had mild paranoia for weeks, Henry more so than the others. ⁃ Camilla adored ‘the picture of Dorian Grey’ she read it many times, she could practically recite the first few chapters by the time she was 19, yet after Henry’s death she couldn’t read it without thinking about the at the time insignificant link he made between beauty and terror, she tried many times to read it but couldn’t without feeling physically ill. ⁃ Camilla never fell in love again the same way, she picked her men carefully, based on their similarities to Henry, although it’s mentioned in the book and is therefore cannon; she never did fall in love again, she found it, but never accepted it.

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silverystardustt · 3 months

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read & write like it’s air you need to live.

the internet is but the digital wind carrying your words and thoughts to others. it doesn’t matter that 99% won’t read it, what matters is that 1% that do

#literature #academia #dark academia #poetry #classics #light academia #books #reading #jane austen #dark academia aesthetic #reader #writer #journal #digital diary #diary #poet #author

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dokushoclub · 5 months

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Short Story Collections for Learning Japanese

Short stories are very popular with language learners – and rightly so. Being able to finish even a short tale aimed at native speakers will feel like a great accomplishment.

I had a look at three approaches for intermediate and advanced learners to enjoy Japanese short stories. For each I can also recommend a few matching short story collections:

Short Stories in Easy Japanese

Japanese Short Stories with English Annotations

Parallel Readers

I give my more detailed thoughts on all these short story collections for learning Japanese in my blog post. You can find it here:

#my book reviews #reading in japanese #study japanese #learning japanese #japanese books #easy japanese #graded reader #intermediate Japanese #intermediate to advanced #Japanese classic literature #Japanese literature #Japanese short stories #native material #parallel reader #short story

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