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I am begging you to read some fiction bro.
→ Not because it makes you look smart.
→ Because fiction teaches things that bullet points can’t.
→ A self-help book tells you to be resilient.
→ The Count of Monte Cristo makes you live through resilience for 1,000+ pages.
→ A u to understand people.
→ Dostoevsky puts you inside minds you’d never otherwise understand.
→ Information is easy to forget.
→ Experience isn’t.
Read fiction.
Your attention span, empathy, vocabulary, and understanding of human nature will improve.
→ Not because it makes you look smart.
→ Because fiction teaches things that bullet points can’t.
→ A self-help book tells you to be resilient.
→ The Count of Monte Cristo makes you live through resilience for 1,000+ pages.
→ A u to understand people.
→ Dostoevsky puts you inside minds you’d never otherwise understand.
→ Information is easy to forget.
→ Experience isn’t.
Read fiction.
Your attention span, empathy, vocabulary, and understanding of human nature will improve.
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classics explained in one sentence
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crime and punishment
fyodor dostoevsky · 1866 · 720 pages
“a broke student commits murder, then gets defeated by his own overthinking.”
episode 01
crime and punishment
fyodor dostoevsky · 1866 · 720 pages
“a broke student commits murder, then gets defeated by his own overthinking.”
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Thorfinn🕊️ retweeted
PRIDE. The Worst Sin
“First pride, then the crash - the bigger the ego, the harder the fall.”
- Proverbs 16:18
“First pride, then the crash - the bigger the ego, the harder the fall.”
- Proverbs 16:18
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Thorfinn🕊️ retweeted
After the fall of Troy.
Aeneid leads what's left of the Trojans to find a new home - what will eventually be Rome.
Aeneid leads what's left of the Trojans to find a new home - what will eventually be Rome.
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PRIDE. The Worst Sin
“First pride, then the crash - the bigger the ego, the harder the fall.”
- Proverbs 16:18
“First pride, then the crash - the bigger the ego, the harder the fall.”
- Proverbs 16:18
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Thorfinn🕊️ retweeted
here's the full version:
"Pirates are evil? The Marines are righteous? These terms have always changed throughout the course of history! Kids who have never seen peace and kids who have never seen war have different values! Those who stand at the top determine what's wrong and place is neutral ground! Justice will prevail, you say? But of course it will!
Whoever wins this war becomes justice!"
- Don Quixote Doflamingo
"Pirates are evil? The Marines are righteous? These terms have always changed throughout the course of history! Kids who have never seen peace and kids who have never seen war have different values! Those who stand at the top determine what's wrong and place is neutral ground! Justice will prevail, you say? But of course it will!
Whoever wins this war becomes justice!"
- Don Quixote Doflamingo
“Kids who have never seen Peace and kids who have never seen War have different values…”
- Don Quixote Doflamingo
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here's the full version:
"Pirates are evil? The Marines are righteous? These terms have always changed throughout the course of history! Kids who have never seen peace and kids who have never seen war have different values! Those who stand at the top determine what's wrong and place is neutral ground! Justice will prevail, you say? But of course it will!
Whoever wins this war becomes justice!"
- Don Quixote Doflamingo
"Pirates are evil? The Marines are righteous? These terms have always changed throughout the course of history! Kids who have never seen peace and kids who have never seen war have different values! Those who stand at the top determine what's wrong and place is neutral ground! Justice will prevail, you say? But of course it will!
Whoever wins this war becomes justice!"
- Don Quixote Doflamingo
“Kids who have never seen Peace and kids who have never seen War have different values…”
- Don Quixote Doflamingo
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Thorfinn🕊️ retweeted
The Big 3 of Seinen Literature:
1. Berserk – A man subjected to horrors beyond human comprehension, condemned to endure unimaginable torment, betrayal and loss, yet continues to defy a fate seemingly written to destroy him.
2. Vagabond – A wandering swordsman searches for the owly discovering that true mastery begins within.
3. Vinland Saga – A young boys sets out on a journey driven by revenge, only to discover a world beyond hatred, where true strength is found not in conquering others, but in finding the courage to seek peace and freedom.
Three stories. Three journeys. Three different definitions of strength.
1. Berserk – A man subjected to horrors beyond human comprehension, condemned to endure unimaginable torment, betrayal and loss, yet continues to defy a fate seemingly written to destroy him.
2. Vagabond – A wandering swordsman searches for the owly discovering that true mastery begins within.
3. Vinland Saga – A young boys sets out on a journey driven by revenge, only to discover a world beyond hatred, where true strength is found not in conquering others, but in finding the courage to seek peace and freedom.
Three stories. Three journeys. Three different definitions of strength.
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Thorfinn🕊️ retweeted
“Kids who have never seen Peace and kids who have never seen War have different values…”
- Don Quixote Doflamingo
- Don Quixote Doflamingo
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Thorfinn🕊️ retweeted
The Last Days of Socrates captures Plato's foundational account of his teacher's trial, imprisonment, and execution, transforming a personal tragedy into a defense of the philosophical life. Spanning four key dialogues, the text examines virtue, justice, and the immortality of mate pressure of death. It endures as a profound testament to intellectual integrity and the uncompromising pursuit of truth.
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Thorfinn🕊️ retweeted
An introduction to ancient Greek literature:
5 books to start with:
5 books to start with:
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The Big 3 of Seinen Literature:
1. Berserk – A man subjected to horrors beyond human comprehension, condemned to endure unimaginable torment, betrayal and loss, yet continues to defy a fate seemingly written to destroy him.
2. Vagabond – A wandering swordsman searches for the owly discovering that true mastery begins within.
3. Vinland Saga – A young boys sets out on a journey driven by revenge, only to discover a world beyond hatred, where true strength is found not in conquering others, but in finding the courage to seek peace and freedom.
Three stories. Three journeys. Three different definitions of strength.
1. Berserk – A man subjected to horrors beyond human comprehension, condemned to endure unimaginable torment, betrayal and loss, yet continues to defy a fate seemingly written to destroy him.
2. Vagabond – A wandering swordsman searches for the owly discovering that true mastery begins within.
3. Vinland Saga – A young boys sets out on a journey driven by revenge, only to discover a world beyond hatred, where true strength is found not in conquering others, but in finding the courage to seek peace and freedom.
Three stories. Three journeys. Three different definitions of strength.
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