Submitted by throwaway in books (edited )

The twist is this: describe the book from the perspective of the main character. Let other people try to guess the books title or author. If there's no main character, try a quote or figure something fun out.

I know you're all reading the most obscure books from the local antiquarian, so let the collective goal be to make just one right guess.

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throwaway OP moderator wrote (edited )

I'll start:

That fateful day, when I left the monastery to collect herbs - seemingly not so different from any other day - still clouds my inner eye in the moments before sleep takes me. The thought of Lises warmth; and her returning to her husband the day after. I was another person then; but the memory is still mine.

It is a cloud, but it is the most beautiful cloud I have. Beaten only, perhaps, by Narcissus.

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moonlune wrote (edited )

It's 2017 and I just learned to speak another language. Beep boop.

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Majrelende wrote (edited )

"Winning gives birth to hostility.
Losing, one lies down in pain.
The calmed lie down with ease,
having set winning and losing aside."

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Antarchtic wrote (edited )

"Keen on speaking in the midst of the assembly,
wishing for praise, one becomes anxious.
If their assertion is rejected, one feels humiliated.
Upset by blame, one seeks a flaw in their opponent.

"If they say their assertion is defective,
and the judges consider it rejected,
the loser laments and sorrows,
they moan: 'They surpassed me.'

"These disputes have arisen among ascetics;
in relation to them, one becomes elated and dejected.
Having seen this, too, one should desist from arguments,
for there is no other benefit than praise and gain.

"If, however, one is praised there,
having declared his doctrine in the midst of the assembly,
one is thrilled by this and swells with pride,
having obtained the benefit that accords with one's wish.

"Though one's pride is the ground of distress, one yet speaks from conceit and arrogance.
Having seen this, too, one should not dispute;
for the skilled say this does not bring purity."

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Majrelende wrote

Though I don't recognise this passage, I think you are closer.

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Majrelende wrote

Some more context:

"How very happily we live,
free from hostility
among those who are hostile.
Among hostile people,
free from hostility we dwell.

"How very happily we live,
free from misery
among those who are miserable.
Among miserable people,
free from misery we dwell."

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