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Too often elves are portrayed as being quite stoic all the time. And maybe in times of war and trouble, they are. But it can't be always.

And I think what a glorious sound it must be when an elf really laughs.

The hearty, joyful laugh of Glorfindel. The golden laugh of Gildor. The dazzling laugh of Finrod. The generous laugh of Fingon. The rare and precious laugh of Elrond, more beautiful than the music of all the minstrels. The contagious laugh of Celebrían, when something's uncommonly delightful. The warm, unmarred laugh of Maedhros, before he was corrupted. The wholesome laugh of Celebrimbor that feels like home and beautiful treasures.

The ringing laughter of Elladan and Elrohir in true, unblemished merriment. The delightful laugh of Legolas, sometimes more than a little undignified. The unexpected, unguarded laugh of Thranduil, that bounces off the walls of his grand palace so that those at the edge of hearing range think, "Something amuses the king!" and have to smile, too. And the comforting laugh of Celeborn, and the shining laugh of Galadriel, and the full and glowing laugh of Arwen when her one true love shows his silly side.

Too often elves are portrayed as being quite stoic all the time. And maybe in times of war and trouble, they are. But it can't be always.

And I think what a glorious sound it must be when an elf really laughs.

The hearty, joyful laugh of Glorfindel. The golden laugh of Gildor. The dazzling laugh of Finrod. The generous laugh of Fingon. The rare and precious laugh of Elrond, more beautiful than the music of all the minstrels. The contagious laugh of Celebrían, when something's uncommonly delightful. The warm, unmarred laugh of Maedhros, before he was corrupted. The wholesome laugh of Celebrimbor that feels like home and beautiful treasures.

The ringing laughter of Elladan and Elrohir in true, unblemished merriment. The delightful laugh of Legolas, sometimes more than a little undignified. The unexpected, unguarded laugh of Thranduil, that bounces off the walls of his grand palace so that those at the edge of hearing range think, "Something amuses the king!" and have to smile, too. And the comforting laugh of Celeborn, and the shining laugh of Galadriel, and the full and glowing laugh of Arwen when her one true love shows his silly side.

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book you’ve reread the most times?

top 5 books of all time?

what is your favourite genre?

what sections of a bookstore do you browse?

where do you buy books?

what books have you read in the last month?

is there a series/book that got you into reading?

what is the first book you remember reading yourself?

when do you tend to read most?

do you have a guilty fav?

what non-fiction books do you like if any?

did you enjoy any compulsory high school readings?

do you have a goodreads?

do you ever mark/dog ear books you own?

recommend and review a book.

how many books have you read this year?

top 5 children’s books?

do you like historical books? which time period?

most disliked popular books?

A while back, I got a copy of The Brothers Karamazov from a book sale my college library was holding. I am now curious about the age of this book, since the book lacks any publication dates or other hints as to its age.

In my searches, I saw several copies that were similar but never the exact same. I have, thus far, found no copies that are exactly identical to mine (there's always something different). This makes me more curious as to the age of this book.

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

I found it interesting how the demon was described as having out of fashion and worn out clothes. I’m not sure if this is meant to show that the Christian religion is going out of style due to science’s discoveries, or that the demons themselves are going out of style. But he was also copying Ivan’s ideas from his teenage years so maybe he was supposed to represent Ivan’s out of style ideas.

Ivan is only moral from a distance; he said so himself that it was impossible to love thy neighbour up close. But how can someone who feels so strongly about this! about such human suffering be at the same time so ignorant about his bro SMERDYAKOV (but i mean at least he's self aware)