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Just your regular Thursday.

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Life lately.

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I want the blissful sweetness of doing nothing

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God bless the filthy hedonist.

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The Secret History by Donna Tartt

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“My duty to myself is to amuse myself terrifically.”

-Oscar Wilde

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The Secret History by Donna Tartt

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

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“Of the paintings she’d mentioned, The Anatomy Lesson was the only one I knew. A detail from it was featured on the poster for the exhibition: livid flesh, multiple shades of black, alcoholic-looking surgeons with bloodshot eyes and red noses.”

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, page 24

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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

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what is this but sorrow undisputed?

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“For the poet is an airy thing, a winged and a holy thing; and he cannot make poetry until he becomes inspired and goes out of his senses and no mind is left in him…”

-Ion by Plato

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“ ‘Goodness, you magpies,' he said into the abrupt silence that fell. 'Where have you all been?’ ”

-The Secret History by Donna Tartt, page 172

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I noticed a copy of The Little Friend by Donna Tartt in one of your posts and I wanted to ask about your thoughts on it! Haven't come across many people who've read that out of Donna's works.

Shortly put, Donna Tartt’s “The Little Friend” is a journey without a destination. Frankly, it is not for everyone, and I’m acutely aware of the fact that the majority of Donna’s—otherwise devoted—readers, bear a significant dislike for this book. However, I liked it immensely. Its ingenuity is indisputable, but it is not understood by everyone, given the environment in which the plot revolves and therefore bears many references to that certain region and the people which occupy it. Its prologue however, is indescribably eerie and intriguing, as all of Donna’s prologues are; although it is a prologue to a plot which is never resolved. If you’re planning to read the book, I suggest that you pay close attention to every little detail since otherwise you won’t be able to properly understand its conclusion.

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“Helios drove his mighty chariot beyond the horizon, leaving the world to darkness.”

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“Selene’s chariot was high in the sky, bathing the stones in silvery light.”

Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

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Francis Abernathy

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“To me. The tale of my madness.”

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why is everything always so horrible all the time?

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“The problem was the children’s cat, which lay on a towel in a cardboard box near Allison’s head.”

-‘The Little Friend’ by Donna Tartt