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Butterflies from Nabokov’s collection at the Nabokov Museum in St. Petersburg.

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“If a novel’s salient aim is virtue, I want to throw it against the wall.”

— Cynthia Ozick (b. 17 April 1928)

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tanka #1, Tathev Simonyan

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haiku #20, tathev simonyan

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Giveaw@y: We’re giving away these 12 vintage paperback classics! Won’t these look lovely on your shelf? =) Enter to win these classics by: 1) following macrolit on Tumblr (yes, we will check. :P), and 2) reblogging this post. We will choose a random winner on 26 April 2025. Good luck!

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Fyodor Dostoevsky, from a letter featured in Letters of Fyodor Michailovitch Dostoevsky to his Family & Friends

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𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙾𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚎, 𝙴𝚗𝚍𝚢𝚖𝚒𝚘𝚗 (𝟷𝟾𝟿𝟼)

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— Dazai Osamu, Seinhitan

(From Blue Bamboo: Tales by Dazai Osamu, Introduction to The Chrysanthemum Spirit, Translated by Ralph Mccathy)

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The Selected Poetry and Prose of Byron Lord Byron This is 1 of 12 vintage paperback classics that comprise our current giveaw@y.

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10.04.2025

a strange peace. an instinctual reassurance that putting one foot ahead of the other is the answer to all. is it merely a lapse in judgement? i wonder... reached an understanding with death. all waiting has been erased. it is as if I had never been eager, it is as if I don't know...

a vintage diary, i got it for my birthday. only now i had the time to open it. it's very pretty. it's prettier up close than what you can see. exams are over I've started reading a lot. it's fun and it's overwhelming and it's my lifeline. something like what would happen if we inhaled pure oxygen.

🎧 Secret Life by Bleachers (ft. Lana Del Rey)

📓 Ullysses by James Joyce

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“genuine beauty is always meaningless, without any virtue”

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30.03.2025

i think we're no more or less in dreams wishes and- while i hate to use the word- potential when we're young then we give in give in and give in till none of it is left really, 'talent' is simply the grit and stubbornness to not give in i thought myself a bitter fool that is why i never thought I'd give in

i feel myself giving in and I don't know what to do

the date is very symmetric today

🎧 Shirushi by Luck Life

📓 Dazai Osamu, Schoolgirl [Translated by Allison Markin Powell]

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— Dazai Osamu, Schoolgirl

[Translated by Allison Markin Powell]

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Giveaw@y: We’re giving away these 12 vintage paperback classics! Won’t these look lovely on your shelf? =) Enter to win these classics by: 1) following macrolit on Tumblr (yes, we will check. :P), and 2) reblogging this post. We will choose a random winner on 26 April 2025. Good luck!

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— Dazai Osamu, Thinking of Zenzō

[Self Portraits: Tales from life of Japan's Great Decadent Romantic, Translated by Ralph F. McCarthy]