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thinking about when my friend found a book from the 70s in a church office with truly some of the most insane prayers I have ever heard

Starting a small talk about the weather is too overrated, boring even. Instead, we should start talking about that man we saw in Lyons who got guillotined and describe in excruciating detail what he felt in his final hours.

#prince myshkin to anyone he just met: i saw someone executed by the guillotine #talking about this story to the valet once is one thing but bringing this up again for the second time to a bunch of strangers is another #tbf he knows how to catch your attention #prince myshkin #the idiot #fyodor dostoevsky

Mrs. Yepanchina: So, Prince, you've been to Switzerland. What was it like there? The alps and the lakes must've been breathtaking. What marvelous years you had living in a peaceful village surrounded by the beautiful landscape.

Prince Myshkin: Oh, yes, that. There was also this donkey I saw. I heard it hee-hawing when I was having bouts of my illness. My fits were agonizing but the sound of that donkey cleared my head. You know, donkeys are the most useful, hard-working, strong, patient, and long-suffering animals. I began to like the whole of Switzerland because of that donkey. Donkeys make me happy.

#the donkey caught me off guard not gonna lie it was funny #frankenstein went to switzerland and the scenic alps and fresh air invigorated his spirits #prince myshkin went to switzerland and found the meaning of life in a donkey #the first time prince myshkin talked i knew i'm going to love him #prince myshkin #the idiot #fyodor dostoevsky

aurorepeuffier

Painting from photographs I took during my travel in Scotland

greenishness

i'm thinking about charlotte brontë spending her last years editing and publishing her sisters' writings and about christopher tolkien dedicating his life to the protection and meticulous reconstruction his father's life's work and about johanna van gogh publishing the letters between vincent and theo that would propel vincent van gogh into fame because she knew how much her husband had loved his brother, and about how so often art isn't just a reflection of the artist's mind and skills but a testament to the fact that they were loved

speakthewordonly

the one through whom all things were made knows that you can’t sleep and is staying up with you. he’s been tired too

theroyalgardens

Crook Hall Gardens, Durham, England

darkbluetennessee

we're over halfway through 2026. what are everyone's most beloved books of the year so far?

#the brothers karamazov and murder at the vicarage #read them both at the same time because i couldn't bring tbk in public. that brick of a book can't fit in my bag #but i read matv on my phone so was able to read it anywhere lying down standing up sitting somewhere in public

arthoesunshine

i like to pretend i already died and asked god to send me back to earth so i can swim in lakes again and see mountains and get my heart broken and love my friends and cry so hard in the bathroom and go grocery shopping 1,000 more times. and that i promised i would never forget the miracle of being here

arthoesunshine

— our town, thornton wilder

feralrizz-deactivated20230802

The psychological thriller of figuring out what you want and what you’re going to do about it

#ivan karamazov #but waaay worse #like “descending into madness” level of worse #the brothers karamazov

dogpuppy

#dmitri karamazov should've worn this during his trial

reemillustrated

snoopy reads the brothers karamazov!

#the brothers karamazov

The most unrealistic part during Ippolit Kirillovitch's speech was Mitya managed to shut himself up. He didn't sass, he didn't cry out, he didn't lunge at the prosecuror. I KNOW he's seething with rage. Fetyukovich must have done something to keep Mitya from stranggling the prosecutor.

#tbf there were moments during his speech that i didn't agree with or thought it ridiculous #airing out the family's dirty laundry was so unnecessary and he even likened ivan to their father like what 😭😭😭#the brothers karamazov

Finishing The Brothers Karamazov left me in a daze. All I could remember is a bunch of people living off of spite, excessive guilt, and constant threats to kill themselves.

#all of them felt like they were in a tournament to see how far they would hold a grudge #imagine you're in the most spiteful person contest and katerina ivanovna pulled up #we'd have months to years of therapy work with these people. and speaking of therapy #there's a part in family therapy where the therapist and each family member figure out which member/s cause most of their problems #something something identifying the root cause and making it as the starting point for everyone's therapy #with tbk i think it's pretty clear with whom we should start.....#the brothers karamazov

It's funny how the TBK narrator is supposed to tell the story like it's hot tea but the ending was incomplete. What do you mean we're leaving it off just at the plans for Mitya's escape? Where's the rest of it? That's not how gossip works.

#i've read there should've been a sequel so the story ended in a cliffhanger BUT #when you start gossip you finish it to the very end you don't leave off the most intriguing most salacious parts of the story #the town's favorite pasttime is gossiping imagine if the narrator is rakitin that would've been messy #i've finished reading the book last night and i woke up not knowing what to do with my life. that book was a Journey #i like the open ending though since i want ivan to not have a miserable ending hahaha #the brothers karamazov

dappledwithshadow

Vincent van Gogh Still Life with French Novels and Glass with a Rose 1887

kairosrhys

Which one is your favourite? 🎨✨

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