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Best books on unrequited love / being in situations where you can't have the girl?

>> No.20652665

>>20652648
The Sorrows of Young Werther
Layla and Majnun
Petrarch's poems

>> No.20652930

>>20652665
Thanks, I just read Layla and Majnun. Going to read The Sorrows of Young Werther next.

>> No.20653036

>>20652930
Just don't off urself

>> No.20654418

bump

>> No.20654497

>>20652648
Spring Snow
If you can't get the girl may as well be self-destructive about it

>> No.20654509

>>20654497
I'd rather be outer-destructive. In other words-kill the miserable prick

>> No.20654528

>>20654509
Thats a good option too. Either way, if she doesn't reciprocate your feelings, something has to get destroyed.

>> No.20654540

>>20654528
>Either way, if she doesn't reciprocate your feelings, something has to get destroyed.
Amen. However,no women ever turned me down. I'm saying it just in case if that was ever to happen.

>> No.20654575

>>20652648
Melancholy by Fosse

>> No.20654649

john fante - ask the dust

>> No.20655448

The Thorn Birds?

>> No.20655480

>>20654528
>Either way, if she doesn't reciprocate your feelings, something has to get destroyed.

The worst part is that she did, I just can't have her.

>> No.20655525

>>20652648
The Divine Comedy

>> No.20655554

>>20652648
victoria by knut hamsun
marjane by olav duun

>> No.20655687

White Nights.

>> No.20655857

The Sun Also Rises

>> No.20655874
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20655874

>>20652648
'Mysteries' and 'Victoria' by Knut Hamsun

>> No.20655876

>>20652648
Fuck this thread what is the best book about requited love??

>> No.20656573

>>20652648

Unrequited:
— Great Expectations
— The Great Gatsby

Requited, but you still don't get her in the end:
— Romeo & Juliet
— Wuthering Heights
— All The Pretty Horses
— Cities of the Plain

Partly requited, but you still don't get her:
— A Tale Of Two Cities
— The Idiot

>> No.20656584

>>20655480
You’d get tired of fucking her within 24 months. Then you’re left with no sensible desires. Focus on yourself and whatever shimmer of transcendence you can find in the world/yourself.

>> No.20656684

>>20652648
my diary desu

>> No.20656695

>>20652648
If you guys still have any kind of chance, go for it already. Don't wait until it's too late, you will always wonder what could have been.

>> No.20657174

>>20656695
>If you guys still have any kind of chance
We don't. Not currently, at least.

>> No.20658064

>>20653036
So, I finished reading it. I want to thank you for that recommendation, it was an excellent read.

I have no such desire after reading it. Rather, it helped clear the air for me in a number of ways. Even though the situation between Werther, Charlotte, and Albert isn't identical to mine in all the details, the personal philosophical musings of Werther which he occasionally writes in between the letters focused on the triangle were strikingly on point. It's exactly the novel I was looking for, not because I wanted sympathy or an outlet, but because I wanted something to assist in self-reflection. It's much easier to understand my own situation and mental health after seeing the clear connection between Werther's solitary personality at the start of the novel and how it made him vulnerable and susceptible to taking such a self-destructive path.

The lesson I learned from this is that I haven't been kind enough to myself. Not taking care of myself and giving myself what I need is what has led me to fixate on the blockades in my life rather than the opportunities in it. Instead of constantly lambasting myself for not having enough leverage or ability to achieve something or gain the favor of someone out of reach, I should be paying closer attention to myself and my needs, and my strengths and weaknesses, and day by day working on fulfilling my own existence in practical ways. What's not in my reach yet shouldn't matter, it's what's already in my reach that I should be pursuing, and making sure my needs are met along the way.

>> No.20658116

>>20652648
Les Miserables

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20658199

>>20658064
>a throwaway recommendation I made on 4channel helped someone reevaluate and improve his life