/lit/ - Literature

>read a book
>imagine myself arguing with the author
>walk in cricles for hours visualising myself explaining how in fact he is wrong and proving my point to him
>write my arguments on page
>Repeat
Please tell me I'm not the only one doing this

>be me
>at airport security check
>backpack runs through the scanning machine
>everything beeps
>get moved to the side
>people staring
>patted down
>inb4 "muh rights"
"Sir can you please remove the book from the bag!"
>"w-what?"
>"OPEN THE BOOK"
>Security staring concerned at my copy of Brothers Karamazov
>leaf through it
>fuck all happens
>"Okay anon, you can go now"

Is this the most pretentious way to get stopped in an airport?

What tips do you have for writing better?

>girlfriend broke her wrist last year horse riding at her parents' farm
>tfw it was summer break so she had a couple weeks to recover before the new college term began
>tfw I'd sit behind her at her desk holding my fingers behind her fingers and helping her to squeeze the pen and recover her handwriting
>tfw after she was all good she wrote me a card with really fancy handwriting like you'd see on a medieval scroll thanking me for being patient with her

When i flip to the next page i forget what's on the previous page am i fucked?

How did you advance your writing career today, /lit/?

Is there any point in attending university, especially if you are okay being poor?

>need book for university
>dont have money to pay for it
>cant find book in a normal google search for illegal download
what do now

Any good books on internet addiction?

Books for Tfw you're too fucking stupid to achieve any level of happiness in your life and you're going to die alone?

How is your novel going /lit/?

I live in Eastern Europe. Is 2100$ too much for a 3-year literature degree?

>No wife
>No kids
>Modest apartment
>Very friendly and intelligent
>Well liked by his neighbors
>Died alone with his books
He was a lonely soul, wasn't he

How do I force myself to read the novels I need for some of my literature classes if they're boring as shit?

I read a book today
To see if I still feel
(sung to the tune of Hurt by Johnny Cash)

I could empty my savings tonight, and embark on a world tour. I have more than enough, I could see it all. I could see every natural and human beauty this planet has to offer. I could see the Pyramids, rushing waterfalls in the Amazon, explore quaint wooden villages in Japan or Tibet. I could enjoy a glass of local wine in the South of France and hunt gazelles in the Rift Valley. The only thing you need for any of this is money. I could enjoy every pleasure this orb has to provide.
The one thing that you cannot buy is love. Even if I did go on that trip, I will still die having not felt the most human of all pleasures. Being desired by a member of the opposite sex. No money in the world can create genuine love, and for that reason I will die a pauper, locked out from life's feast. The glass of wine in Nice would taste like ash.

Can you make a living off being a literature major?

>>11317173
I'll finish them some day, I swear

my diary desu

>book gets torn
>have no idea how

>buying flowers for mother
>the old lady at the till says she's been feeling tired
>I ask her, what's up? while paying
>she says something but I'm not listening anymore
>she disappears from my vision and reappears with another bunch of flowers
>says "this should win you some extra brownie points" with a wink and a genuine smile, and packs them for me
>she thinks I'm buying them for a gf
>thank her, manage a smile and walk out
>realise she even gave me a discount
>tfw no gf

>my mom left school at 16 due to poverty
>never showed much interest in books, music etc
>retired last year
>has since been reading through all the books I left in boxes at home
>her enthusiasm for reading is so pure I feel bad for not enjoying reading that much these days
>she kept asking me if I was writing a book and said she could "never do that"
>picked up the hint and encouraged her to give it a go, without getting my hopes up
>tfw she sent me a story she wrote about two rabbits who become friends
>tfw it made me cry and feels more honest than anything I've written

How to cope with this feel bros?

I love my mum so much.

Your fetish?
How much representation does it have in literature?

Fat. None.