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Post by cynthia on Aug 14, 2005 14:32:12 GMT -5
"The Divine Comedy; The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso"- Dante Alighieri translated by John Ciardi.
Belonging in the immortal company of the great words of literature, Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece is a moving human drama, an unforgettable journal through the inifinite torment of Hell, up the arduous slopes of Purgatory, and on to the glorious realm of Paradise--the sphere of universal harmony and eternal salvation.
BIG ASS book. 895 pages but it's a fucking MASTERPIECE.
11.95 or something like that on Amazon.com, go get it. NOW.
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Post by Nekish on Aug 15, 2005 7:51:41 GMT -5
Lol, maybe later, like next month, I just got like....10 boks yesterday, too lazy to count right now ><
But "Silver Kiss" and "Blood And Chocolate" are good
'm reading Silver Kiss now as I listen to Lies(Remix)
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Post by Bloody Winged Jack on Aug 15, 2005 11:46:07 GMT -5
JtHM...My favorite book in the world...& a very good read. Has many morals in it...& really deep conversations...hehe. Allow me to read...another...exerpt.
*Squee, lost in a mall, left all alone. Looking around & screams* "Mommy!?...mommy.
*A guy walks up behind poor lost Squee & kneels down beside him* "Hello little boy. You look Lost. Are you Lost?
*Back to Squee* "Um...My mom-I can't find my mom, and this place is scary! Everyone has bags! What's in all those BAGS?! SQUEEEEEE!!!
*The man leans in & consoles Squee* "Whoa, calm down kid. I'll help you-I know where you mom is. Yeah, I know where she is.
*Squee starts to back away* "Umm...I don't...I'm not allowed to talk to strangers...Or..."
*The man grabs Squee by his arm & starts walking.* "Oh, sure you can kid! Not everyone's a bad person. Come on, I'll take you to your mom."
*He drags Squee to the fire exit that leads to the back alley.* "I think she's back here. YEAH, she's back here."
*Standing outside in the alley way, the man starts looking around.* "Hmmm...she'll be along in a little while. She Told me she'd be here. Yeah, we'll just wait." *The man walks over to Squee & puts his hand on Squees shoulder.* "Mmm...Well, since I helped YOU...don't you want to do something nice for ME?? Huh, kid? Something while we wait for you mom?
*The man sits back on his knees & looks at Squee* " Just close your eyes, and stay quiet, okay? Okay,little boy?" *Squee looks up at the man blankly. He decides to tell the man his name since he keeps calling him little boy & kid.* "Todd." *The man flips, Picking Squee up & shaking him, yelling* "What?! I didn't want to know your name. Why did you have to tell me your name?!! *Suddenly the man is hit in the side of the face by a long iron pipe. Johnny stands there...looking at the frightened Squee* "Todd? I like "Squee" better." *Johnny looks over at the man lying on the ground* "sigh...aren't malls revolting places? I came here to do some "Expressing" on that point when I saw you & your mom. You know, Squee, not to offend, but it seems your parents aren't exactly adept at the whole, "caring" thing." *Johnny moves over to his black bag.* "And it's your parents who should be teaching you these things, but...well, I just don't want you to think that this piece of shit is anything other than a pathetic human defect. Nothing more." *He kneels down & opens his black bag & begins rumaging through it.* "Not a monster, not a bogeyman, nothing but another reason to feel better about yourself. Understand that it's just a person-not worth devoting any nightmares to." *He pulls a knife from his bag* "Observe, and I'll prove it." *He walks over to the man & lifts up his hand.* "You flaw. At least I'm under the delusion of doing something productive." *He slices off the mans hand & throws it back at Squee* "See!! Bones & tissue, tubes & fat!! All sustained by blood. Nothing more than a poorly tended machine. AND LOOK!!" *Johnny begins ripping the mans skull apart with prying claws.* "It has a brain!! Fueled by the blood that races heavily in times of grotesquely heightened desires & vices!! You can see the matter & feel the substance, but eyes & hands are useless for sensing the rot & filth of ideas that drip from these things!!" *The mans brain, fully showing, sends Squees nerves crazy. He lets out a loud, but silenced, scream of shock. Johnny continues his lesson.* "Two species under on name-human-seperated only by the workings of their minds. This one is human only in appearance!! A clever disguise for a simple animal. The real humans are harder to find. Sometimes it's easy to feel like you're suffocating in a world where the rotten ones are all you'll know, but don't ever lose your clarity!! NEVER forget that these things exist in all forms, in all places, in all colors!" *Johnny rips out the mans brain, ending his screams of agony.* "Recognize this & know that you are better!! There is nothing wrong with feeling above these sacks which are so obvioulsy fucked up!!! Revel in the superiority of your perception!!" *He throws the brain against the wall, blood flying out & landing on Squees face.* "Hmm...of course, theseare my opinions-likely to be just as flawed as anyone else's. Um, really, I guess you should assume everyone's speaking out of some external infuence. Believe in whatever makes sense to you. Whoa...I guess all htis excess was sort of pointless, then, wasn't it? Um, well, you better get going, it's Tuesday, & you know what that means-U.F.O.'s" *Johnny runs off screamin run loudly. Squee flips & runs the opposite way screaming the entire way home.*
End of chapter.
See...I love this book.
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Post by Barbara on Aug 15, 2005 12:37:14 GMT -5
Lol, maybe later, like next month, I just got like....10 boks yesterday, too lazy to count right now >< But "Silver Kiss" and "Blood And Chocolate" are good 'm reading Silver Kiss now as I listen to Lies(Remix) I LOVE LOVE LOVE THOSE TWO BOOKS I WISH THERE WERE MORE OF THEM BUT I CANT FIND ANY...let me know if u find them... |
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Post by Barbara on Aug 15, 2005 12:39:35 GMT -5
JtHM...My favorite book in the world...& a very good read. Has many morals in it...& really deep conversations...hehe. Allow me to read...another...exerpt. Hey is taht the book u posted a long time ago i still want to read ti but i cant remember the title what was it again like Johnny the homocidal maniac or someting....hum.... |
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Post by Bloody Winged Jack on Aug 15, 2005 14:41:52 GMT -5
yep yep yep! That's what it is! I wrote one of the funnier ones down this time...last time it was the first meeting of Johnny & Squee.
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Post by Nekish on Aug 15, 2005 17:38:21 GMT -5
I had this whole huge thing written out....and I LOST IT! Nuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by cynthia on Aug 15, 2005 20:19:13 GMT -5
XD
JTHM is fucking kick ass...
I adore Happy Noodle Boy. Felicia says I should start speaking what's on my mind but if I did that I have a feeling I'd resemble him in a way...
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Post by Nekish on Aug 15, 2005 22:34:37 GMT -5
I want to read that book! Someone send me their vopy
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Post by Barbara on Aug 17, 2005 6:44:57 GMT -5
lol me to hun me to
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Post by Bloody Winged Jack on Aug 17, 2005 11:54:06 GMT -5
hehehe. It's ok. Ummmm...You can find parts of it online. hehe.
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Post by cynthia on Aug 18, 2005 17:32:03 GMT -5
HEY!
Anyone have any quotes they'd like to share from books they've read? I'm huge a quote freak. Cough 'em up.
"Through me you pass into the city of woe:
Through me you pass into eternal pain:
Through me among the people lost for aye.
Justice the founder of my fabric moved:
To rear me was the task of power divine,
Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.
Before me things create were none, save things
Eternal, and eternal I shall endure.
All hope abandon, ye who enter here."
- Dante Alighieri from The Divine Comedy
And something a bit more simple;
"You know what's worse than hiding from what scares you? It's having good things pass you by because you're too busy cringing in idiot terror, hiding some place where all you can do is dwell on shit!"
- Devi from JTHM
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