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bpdjennamaroney · 3 days

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“You wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me.”

#a little life #hanya yanagihara #jude st francis

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old-school-romantics · 25 days

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Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

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dionysian-mystery · 7 months

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I am homesick for arms that don't want to hold me

#dark academia #light academia #light academia aesthetic #dark academia aesthetic #darkest academia aesthetic #academia #darkest academia #academia aesthetic #chaotic academia #classic academia #grief #a little life #the secret history #if we were villains

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tryingtogetaway · 1 year

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me when i realize that the media i consume during bad times that makes me feel seen and understood is also making me wrongly believe that refusing to let anyone in is a reasonable coping skill, fueling my self-hatred, and worsening my ability to be vulnerable with the people i care about:

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alittlepassionfruit · 3 months

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He has the facial structure and smile I imagine for Jude.

#a little life #jude st francis #enzo vogrincic

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apoembymiria · 2 years

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normalize reading a book without caring if the spine breaks, folded cover, misspelled annotations and just ruining the book completely as a form of art

#dark academia #dark academia literature #dark acadamia quotes #chaotic academia #grey academia #dark academia books #coffee and books #books and libraries #booksbooksbooks #books #the secret history #a little life #vicious #if we were villains #the song of achilles #it makes it more personal ngl #apoembymiria

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ragesingoddess · 1 year

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#thread #frienship #oscar wilde #a little life #stand by me #it 2017 #stephen king #ocean vuong #my chemical romance #fredrick backman #web weaving

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readsbydes · 2 years

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Some penguin classic covers I made of some of my favorite books.

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greeksblog · 10 months

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And so I try to be kind

To everything I see

And in everything I see

I see him.

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wedarkacademia · 2 years

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“What he knew, he knew from books, and books lied, they made things prettier.”

― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

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ouchhq · 9 months

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A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara

#this is most probably my favorite part of the book i cant get over how tender it is #a little life #a little life book #a little life quote #a little life quotes #book #book quotes #bookblr #books

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sunsetcurveauto · 5 months

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Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

eurydice, sarah ruhl // francis forever, mitski // hamlet, william shakespeare // the worm king's lullaby, richard siken // i swear somewhere this works, trista mateer // walking home, marie howe // amy & roger's epic detour, morgan matson // the epic of gilgamesh // from june to december - summer villanelle, wendy cope // eurydice, sarah ruhl

outhouse, rachel mckibbens // hamlet, william shakespeare // the great believers, rebecca makkai // a little life, hanya yanagihara // introduction to quantum theory, franny choi // concerning the book that is the body of the beloved, gregory orr // the song of achilles, madeline miller // i swear somewhere this works, trista mateer // les miserables, victor hugo // eurydice, sarah ruhl

the epic of gilgamesh // eurydice, sarah ruhl // in the name of love, katie maria // the great believers, rebecca makkai // i swear somewhere this works, trista mateer // the time traveller's wife, audrey niffenegger // hamlet, william shakespeare // on the death of summer and baptismal promises, w.r. // amy & roger's epic detour, morgan matson // road to hell (reprise), anaïs mitchell

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jessepinkmvn · 7 months

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a hill i will die on is that a little life by hanya yanagihara is not meaningless and is not torture porn and is in fact a very stark and realistic exploration of unprocessed trauma and the inability to talk and how trauma shapes the way you view those who love you and the fact that tiktok has turned it into the "you will cry at the end!!!!" book honestly breaks my heart

#a little life #every tiktok i see with someone theatrically sobbing then rating the book one star because it's “overly graphic” takes a decade off my life

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lusinzak · 11 months

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Me, starting a book, being fully aware that it will destroy me mentally and emotionally: Now the fun begins!!!

#no seriously #every time #maybe I'm mad?#books #book #booklr #bookworm #bookaholic #bookaddict #reading #they both die at the end #the song of achilles #dead poets society #the secret history #a little life

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metamorphesque · 1 year

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musings on the ones who leave and the ones who stay (part 1)

Ocean Vuong, @blossomfully, Hannah Nelson, Malcolm T. Liepke, Agust D (ft Kim Jong Wan), Ross Gay, Barbara Hamby, Aja Kusick, Arnold Lobel, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Hanya Yanagihara

buy me a coffee

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alittlepassionfruit · 5 months

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Thinking about JB and Jude lately…

JB, who was Jude’s first friend. JB, who carried Jude to the college hospital when he witnessed him having an episode in their dorm.

JB, who shouted and made a scene in that same hospital until a doctor finally saw Jude - and that doctor was Andy, the only physician Jude ever allowed to care for him for the rest of life.

JB, who helped Jude move into the apartment he shared with Willem on Lispenard St. JB, who brought along his friend Richard to help that day. Richard, who later sold Jude his beautiful apartment on Green Street that Jude loved so much. Richard, who secretly looked after him more than Jude ever imagined, who at one point saved his life, and at another point reminded him his birthday was worth celebrating, when Jude himself had forgotten and his world was bleak.

JB, who envied his life, his looks, his career, his relationship (even his limp!). JB, who saw him as competition, rather than someone to pity. JB, who thought he was beautiful, who thought killing something small and adorable was worth it if it meant looking like Jude.

JB, who brought him to parties, who showered him with laughter and provocations.

JB, who asked too many questions and wanted all the answers but got none of them. JB, who then asked Harold to back off from asking all the questions and wanting all the answers as well.

JB, who captured his life in galleries, on canvas, on film. The good and the bad.

JB, who’s art invaded and celebrated and decorated. JB, who’s art froze Willem in time for him.

JB, who was Jude’s last friend. JB, who Jude resented, who Jude hated, who Jude never forgave, who Jude wanted dead.

JB, who found him at last, who put away his suits, who handed out his letters.

JB, who outlived his friends, who was left alone, with his pictures, and his paintings, and his pain.

#a little life #jude st francis #friendship #jb marion

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