Classical Literature - Blog Posts
everyday my mind spirals more and more with my passion for greek mythology, ancient history, and literature <3
“We men are wretched things”
- Homer, The Iliad
- a glimpse into my writing google docs
- Billy Joel, Vienna
In honor of school starting back up for many of you, a gentle reminder that it is okay to be scared and anxious, just slow down and know you’re going to be alright
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“I wanted to feel loved without feeling like I was begging for it.”
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- edgar allan poe
“Maybe forever was a word meant for memories not people.”
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“The gods envy us. They envy us because we are mortal, because any moment may be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we are doomed.”
- Homer, The Iliad
- Oscar Wilde
“Stars, hide your fires, Let not light see my black and deep desires”
-Shakespeare, Macbeth
The love language of annotating a book
- lovers
there are a great deal too many books of which I have discovered for there to be only twenty-four hours in a day…far to little time I say
“And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.”
- Jane Austen
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
“It is not what we think or feel that makes us who we are. It is what we do. Or fail to do.”
- Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
- Kavya Dixit
- unknown
oooooo i love the dark academia vibe you got going on. what books would you say inspired your writing tastes? what's an underrated book you'd suggest? what's a book you really want to read but haven't gotten to yet?
Sorry for the delay, I'm finally beginning to wade through my asks!
I've read the 'DA' classics--Bridgehead Revisited, The Picture of Dorian Gray, works of Emily Bronte, etc. And recently, I read a book that offers an almost film-noir-type atmosphere which sort of fits the vibe. Laughter in the Dark by Vladimir Nabokov. It blew me away. Nabokov is a master of sparingly constructing descriptions that create vivid imagery and atmosphere. He once described a character's aura as a "large live furnace," and how when she departed, one would experience "a cold, cold to the point of nausea". His prose is beautiful, nostalgic, specific. Despair is another favorite. Actually, If you're looking to get into Nabokov, his novella The Eye is a thirty-minute read. I didn't care for Lolita.
Anyways, this was meant to be a DA reply, but perhaps I got a bit sidetracked. To conclude--a DA novel I haven't gotten around to reading yet is Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.
I am forever grateful for books and cinnamon
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