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This was my favorite book when I was 19. Found it all dusty and weather-worn at my momās place. Re-reading it is like time travel but also a reminder that my soul is the same it was back then. Tom Robbins was so real RIP
May 23, 2025
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š¤ From āEven Cowgirls Get the Bluesā by Tom Robbins which Iām slowly making my through bc it is so potently healing that I donāt want it to end š„¹ cc: @MOSSYELFIE ty again queen š«¶š»
May 17, 2025
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šI found this book at my friendās apartment and we decided to read it, partially for fun and as a joke, but it absolutely wrecked me. It was a couple nights before I left London, after my graduation, and I was in the whole job hunting process and I was hopelessly lost!
There was something about this whole idea that even though the book was meant for a kid, I never felt more connected to it, at that point it felt like every line was perfectly tailored to how I was feeling. Itās also really interesting because I think it was his last published childrenās book. kinda makes me think if he mightāve written it for himself as well, to cope with growing old?
Iām turning 23 in a few days and Iām right where I was (cluelessness wise) when I read this book several months agoā¦ I think itās okay not having everything sorted and figured out, just because you havenāt yet met the goals youāve set doesnāt mean you havenāt been constantly learning something. āš¤øāāļøš§øš
Iām turning 23 in a few days and Iām right where I was (cluelessness wise) when I read this book several months agoā¦ I think itās okay not having everything sorted and figured out, just because you havenāt yet met the goals youāve set doesnāt mean you havenāt been constantly learning something. āš¤øāāļøš§øš
Apr 28, 2024
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šŖ³Yes I realize this is far more than one book, but I read all of these stories in very close succession & I believe they shaped me into the guy I am today. These are all very sensitive-young-man-core, but what can I say? I was a sensitive young man.
I have a very complicated relationship with Mother & Father. When I was first introduced to Kafka, it was like meeting my soulmate. I donāt have it in me to go into much detail at this moment, but being condemned to death by drowning for failing an aging father who can sense a deeply felt resentment; waking up one day to find youāve turned into a disgusting bug after sacrificing so much for a family that cares so littleā these are ideas that deeply rattled & resonated with me personally at the age that I read them. I resolved to try to live differently.
Death of Ivan Ilych was simply further exhortation for me to not live my life according to convention, to pursue wealth, status, family life for their own sakes. I think every single one of us has it in us to become an Ivan Ilych without even realizing. I was totally rapt & manic upon finishing this one I still am today, to some degree.
Portrait of the Artist really spoke to me as well. When Stephen looks at his father & realizes heās a fool, and that he wants to be nothing like him. The moment when he sees the girl in the water & he becomes so horny he decides to dedicate his life to the pursuit of beauty, to aesthetics, to being an artist. The entire ending segment written as first person journal entries filled me with a lot of hope.
Emerson is the man. Great way to shock the materialist reductionist, the comformist, the busybody, & the consistent, conventional company man out of your system. Probably made me a more annoying person when alls said & done. Oh well.
Death of Ivan Ilych was simply further exhortation for me to not live my life according to convention, to pursue wealth, status, family life for their own sakes. I think every single one of us has it in us to become an Ivan Ilych without even realizing. I was totally rapt & manic upon finishing this one I still am today, to some degree.
Portrait of the Artist really spoke to me as well. When Stephen looks at his father & realizes heās a fool, and that he wants to be nothing like him. The moment when he sees the girl in the water & he becomes so horny he decides to dedicate his life to the pursuit of beauty, to aesthetics, to being an artist. The entire ending segment written as first person journal entries filled me with a lot of hope.
Emerson is the man. Great way to shock the materialist reductionist, the comformist, the busybody, & the consistent, conventional company man out of your system. Probably made me a more annoying person when alls said & done. Oh well.
May 12, 2024
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ā£ļøoh just do it everything's gonna hurt anyways for the love of god let yourself be moved