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thinking about elena ferrante and the neapolitan quartet and the line — 'if nothing could save us, not money, not a male body, and not even studying, we might as well destroy everything immediately.'
#the way elena ferrante has become my favourite author ever and i've only read two books by her......the power of this woman#elena ferrante#the story of a new name#the neapolitan novels#my brilliant friend#literature aesthetics#books#book#bookish#bookblr#bookworm#bookstagram#dark academia#booklover#books and libraries#quotes#studyblr#5 star#poetry quotes#book quotes#movie quotes#quote#study space#study hard#study tips#study#feminism#girlhood#literary fiction#girlblogging
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Me and her and me and her and
#the neapolitan novels#elena greco#lila cerullo#raffaella cerullo#my brilliant friend#<- tv show tag for attention...#another super old one dont even remember what it was inspired by anymore
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reading The Neapolitan novels
#the neapolitan novels#my brilliant friend#the story of a new name#those who leave and those who stay#lenu greco#elena greco#lina cerullo#lila cerullo#elena ferrante#my art#reading#books
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shout out to the "cruellest" girls in literature!
#elena ferrante#lila cerullo#my brilliant friend#l'amica geniale#wuthering heights#cathy#catherine earnshaw#parallel#parallels#raffaella cerullo#the neapolitan novels#literature#lit
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Lila Cerullo:
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i need a "good luck babe" edit of lila and lenu on my table right now!!!
#my brilliant friend#the neapolitan novels#the neapolitan series#lila cerullo#elena greco#good luck babe#chappell roan
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"I fantasized, I listened at high volume to the music I had been ignorant of as a girl, I didn't read, I didn't write. And I felt increasingly regretful that, because of my self-discipline in everything, I had missed the joy of letting go that the women of my age, of the milieu I now lived in, made a show of having enjoyed and enjoying."
"But I couldn't control my restlessness, an eagerness for violation was growing in me, I wanted to break the rules, as the entire world seemed to be breaking the rules."
― Elena Ferrante, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
#elena ferrante#those who leave and those who stay#the neapolitan novels#quotes seared into my brain that make me go rabid :)
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#my brilliant friend#l'amica geniale#the neapolitan novels#elena ferrante#books#invented lesbianism and sapphics#for legal reasons that last tag was a joke#not for me though#my edits
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My Brilliant Friend cover.
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Finally found the courage to rewatch My brilliant friend from the start and I'm getting irreparable damage from seeing those two little girls completely unaware of the amount of trauma and heartbreak coming their way
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march '24 favs:
• those who leave and those who stay & the story of the lost child ; elena ferrante — the final two books in the neapolitan novels, a tetrology recording the lives of two girls in naples from childhood to old age. gutting, beautiful, layered, and complex. this series is a masterpiece, elena ferrante is everything to me <3 (please read it!!)
• sirens and muses by antonia angress — following an array of characters at an art university as they navigate life, work, academia, relationships, and being an artist in a capitalist world where everything is commodified. the depth of characters paired with the nuanced discussions of art, class, and politics left me so pleasantly surprised. (it's also extremely gay and perfect for all you tumblr users with mummy/daddy issues)
#bringing back the monthly wrap ups as i havent had time for substack posts so far this year#4 stars#4.5 stars#book review#book recs#recs#monthly wrap up#wrap up#literature aesthetics#books#bookish#bookblr#bookworm#bookstagram#dark academia#booklover#elena ferrante#the neapolitan novels#those who leave and those who stay#the story of the lost child#studyblr#study#study tips#cafe#aesthetic#study space#studying#sirens and muses#antonia angress#sapphic
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My friendship with Lila began the day we decided to go up the dark stairs that led, step after step, flight after flight, to the door of Don Achille’s apartment.
#the neapolitan novels#lila cerullo#raffaella cerullo#my brilliant friend#this drawing is so old. i started it LAST MAY#and finished two days ago
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on the last book of The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante
#the neapolitan novels#elena ferrante#elena greco#lina cerullo#lila cerullo#my brilliant friend#the story of a new name#those who leave and those who stay#the story of the lost child#my art
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Me whenever Elena talks about Nino or how even in book 3, she is still obsessed with that piece of shit. Girllll stand up 😩
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Sometimes I honestly wonder what Lila’s life would’ve been like if she had married Enzo
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I began to have some ugly thoughts on the beach. Lila, I said to myself, deliberately pushes away emotions, feelings. The more I sought tools to try to explain myself to myself, the more she, on the contrary, hid. The more I tried to draw her into the open and involve her in my desire to clarify, the more she took refuge in the shadows. She was like the full moon when it crouches behind the forest and the branches scribble on its face.
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (2013) by Elena Ferrante
#those who leave and those who stay#elena ferrante#the neapolitan novels#book 3 of the neapolitan novels#Italian literature#naples#literature#books#quotes#words#Lila and Lenú#Lina and Elena#my brilliant friend
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