/lit/ - Literature

I don't cry reading literature, but the whole Ilusha episode from The Brothers Karamazov made me tear up like a baby, to the point that I had to put down the book. Dostoevsky is truly a genius.

>>21544357
my diary desu

I’ve come to believe that Nature (Being) and God is one and the same. Earlier in my life I was seriously considering converting to Catholicism but later came to vehemently reject the notion of a personal God. I turned to nihilism and it almost destroyed me. I recently an epiphany that the beauty of the world and laws of nature could not have been an act of randomness. Now that I’ve come to reject nihilism I want to know: How should I worship and live in harmony with the divine? How do I align my values and actions in accordance with God?

>>20978206
Fuck

>"Is my defectiveness inherent, or is it simply a byproduct of a bad and arguably inhuman environment? And honestly, while the latter certainly exacerbates the issue, I think it’s the case that there’s always been mentally ill humans throughout our history as a species. A human who lacks the ability to socialize well, especially in the days of hunter gatherers, would’ve either been directly expunged from the tribe, or would otherwise amount to nothing more than a ready made meal for a random predator. If that’s the case, then the only reason why nature hasn’t rightfully done away with me yet, all comes back to how the modern era keeps wretches like me on life support, in terms of insulating me from the sorts of outcomes which would immediately befall me without all the security/conveniences afforded by industrial civilization. As it applies to myself, I consider this extremely regrettable, and I would’ve much rather had nature cull someone like me as soon as it was able to. The fact that it hasn’t, has itself only led to a lifetime of emotional turmoil and near endless inner agony. The fact that I’m alive doesn’t do any good at all, given that I lack everything necessary to actually feel the benefits of being alive."

>"I have previously concluded that Ignatius has no parental figures around himself; he is essentially an orphan. Ignatius’ pomposity is the result of a psychic condition, caused by a negligent mother and a nonexistent father. The effects of parental deprivation are explained by W. W. Meissner as follows:

>"“The most noteworthy sequela of early parental deprivation is the tendency to depression that can afflict the individual throughout life, especially when it evolves into a factor in the individual’s character structure. The unresolved mourning for the lost mother can also influence relationships with women and make forming mutually satisfying love relationships problematic. There may be longterm narcissistic difficulties involving issues of self-esteem regulation and the prolongation of infantile narcissistic grandiosity.”"

>"The above quotation is a good description of Ignatius Reilly’s personality. Also Irene’s incapability of, and lack of interest in, being a mother are the result of a psychic condition. The postpartum psychosis from which she suffers has transformed into a permanent and incurable state. This too, explains the lack of love and affection between mother and son."

>>20198520

>Buy a book online
>It's too thin and people won't notice it on my shelf

>>20139615
I do anon. I appreciate everything she’s done for me throughout my life. I really hope she gets better

I didn't want to feel this right now

>>20084911
This hit hard

>>20058127
Reading didn’t do that to you, reading 4chan posts did that do you

Get out now before it’s too late

>>20044122
>Then engage in sex with a woman
Easy for some

God imposing his ideas of "right and wrong" on people independently of human laws isn't even a good thing. People shouldn't have to be afraid of doing things that aren't illegal but God says he will kill me for eating cheetos. God considers it "sinful" for me to eat cheetos, snickers, popcorn chicken, chalupas, hamburger helper because "it's too good for me" and "I'm a peasant".

It would literally be better to live in a society where the law is the only thing keeping people's impulse in check than one where God is because God terrorizes me for the pettiest things imaginable. God terrorizes me for playing the video game battle brothers and other video games, he terrorizes me over my literal private thoughts. Imagine wanting to live in a world where you're constantly being menaced by a nazi gestapo God who reads all your thoughts in real time so he can mock and terrorize you for them. It would be better to live in a world where you only have to worry about murdering, raping, torturing people because there might be legal consequences than one where you have to worry about your literal private thoughts, fantasies, what food you eat, what video games you play because God might decide that it's "wrong" and punish you for it.

>>20033312
J-just let me have this okay.

>>20026556
My diary desu

>>20020393
My diary des-

Erm, nah. Forget I said anything.

>>18478380

What shall I read

>>17980964
>Consider the variety of internal pressures that trouble you
Oh god

are all forms of spirituality and intellectualism really just a cope for material lack? is this the final blackpill?

>>17769688
Am I going to hell when I die?

>tfw you just find a nice woman and be utterly devoted to making her happy
>tfw you know most of them will just think you're weak and abuse you

Need some quick help. I just started my 50-100 page book (which will be free by the way), about how the ego and spirituality lead to Rome; all paths lead to Rome as you know. But I'm a truck driver,and I work 11.5 hours mon-fri, and a lot of spneaneous writing ideas are out the window.

How do I solve this problem using a cell phone? Is there a specific app for writers that lets me talk into the phone -to write down sentences and paragraphs (with ease) while I'm driving? Give me good news.