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Perhaps that is what it is like being with other people. Perhaps even people you like and admire immensely can make you see the World in ways you would rather not. Perhaps that is what Raphael means.

Susanna Clarke, Piranesi

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now reading: piranesi by susanna clarke

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JOMP Book Photo Challenge || October 4 || One Word Title: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

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Currently reading Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

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I really think that readings of the House as a horror or a wonder depend highly on whether people sympathize more with Piranesi or Matthew Rose Sorensen.

Piranesi wouldn't exist if not for the House. He wouldn't be alive if he didn't love it. In a way, he is truly a child of the House. But Matthew Rose Sorensen was imprisoned and destroyed by the House so deeply that not even the memory of him was left. Looking back, it reminds me of the Hill House and its "insistent hospitality". It's really all a matter of perspective!

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In my mind are all the tides, their seasons, their ebbs and their flows. In my mind are all the halls, the endless procession of them, the intricate pathways. When this world becomes too much for me, when I grow tired of the noise and the dirt and the people, I close my eyes and I name a particular vestibule to myself; then I name a hall.

Susanna Clarke, Piranesi

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i loved the part of the book where piranesi resolves to take better care of himself while he's rediscovering his own history. he just has so much compassion for himself! the journal upsets him so he takes a week off and does things he enjoys and then he settles into a safe place when he wants to tackle the subject again. and he doesn't believe The Other when he's told about his amnesia! he values his own insights and his own knowledge of the House even when fucking ketterley is actively trying to undermine his sense of self. piranesi's gentle treatment of himself and the person he used to be is genuinely so moving.

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