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ITT Books that made you cry.

Where the Red Fern Grows Romans (Bible lol) The Road The ...
Talented soggy rigor
  10/17/18
What part of Romans made you cry? (I'm guessing either 5, 8,...
Lime macaca
  10/17/18
You nailed it, yes 5 and 8.
Talented soggy rigor
  10/17/18
180!
Lime macaca
  10/17/18
Only KJV can have this effect.
Talented soggy rigor
  10/17/18
I think ESV also has value, but I agree the KJV is often mor...
Lime macaca
  10/17/18
Especially if you've grown up reading a specific version. KJ...
Talented soggy rigor
  10/17/18
CR, and many of them are heretical trash that dilutes or alt...
Lime macaca
  10/17/18
ran here for Where the Red Fern Grows
Alcoholic odious theatre partner
  10/17/18
Solid list. Never cried at a book, but the closest were Old ...
Lime macaca
  10/17/18
I can't dwell on the thought of ANY harm coming to a dog wit...
Talented soggy rigor
  10/17/18
The Remains of the Day
Dashing chad parlor
  10/17/18
very cr I wouldn't say I "cried" but my eyes defi...
passionate burgundy prole
  10/17/18
Carson McCullers: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Member of th...
hairless dysfunction kitchen
  10/17/18
Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther
passionate burgundy prole
  10/17/18
damn auf Deutsch?
Grizzly boltzmann location
  10/17/18
sadly, no, I fucking wish. Could read him, Nietzsche, "...
passionate burgundy prole
  10/17/18
check out Immensee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immensee_(...
Grizzly boltzmann location
  10/17/18
ty, will check it out truly unreal the sexual power women h...
passionate burgundy prole
  10/17/18
...
Talented soggy rigor
  10/17/18
wtrfg is tcr charlottes web a separate peace
beta histrionic personal credit line
  10/17/18
The Joy Luck Club
nofapping main people
  10/17/18
My mother and aunt both fucking love this book. Why?
Lime macaca
  10/17/18
yeah i cried when i read this book too, because it was so fu...
Galvanic fighting theater stage corn cake
  10/17/18
this is far more coherent with my 4 pages of experience with...
Lime macaca
  10/17/18
What Happened
Buff aphrodisiac garrison
  10/17/18
...
Talented soggy rigor
  10/17/18
...
glittery sexy coldplay fan
  10/17/18
forgot to add Fox and the Hound
Talented soggy rigor
  10/17/18
blood meridian ulysses dasher
Flirting orchestra pit
  10/17/18
Explain what part of Blood Meridian made you cry.
Lime macaca
  10/17/18
is Ulysses a tough read?
Talented soggy rigor
  10/17/18
No. It's not always engaging, but it's not dense or anything...
Lime macaca
  10/17/18
thank
Talented soggy rigor
  10/17/18
I remember reading "Bridge to Terabithia" for a mi...
Grizzly boltzmann location
  10/17/18
The American Restatement of Torts, Second
yapping sadistic cuck
  10/17/18
Chambers Associate: The Student's Guide to Law Firms
fishy toilet seat stage
  10/17/18
restatements were a breath of fresh air compared to casebook...
Talented soggy rigor
  10/17/18
the giving tree
cerebral trump supporter hell
  10/17/18
forgot about this one
Talented soggy rigor
  10/17/18
cr poast above was just lazy flame, but I'd forgotten abo...
Flirting orchestra pit
  10/17/18
vsg! answer me pls: http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thre...
Lime macaca
  10/17/18
Flowers for Algernon Of Mice & Men
milky rehab potus
  10/17/18
did you cry bc Steinbeck is such a godawful writer and they ...
stirring violent whorehouse
  10/17/18
It was 9th grade. I teared up because the guy shot Lenny.
milky rehab potus
  10/17/18
Steinbeck is 180. What makes you consider him bad? Do you...
Lime macaca
  10/17/18
yes
stirring violent whorehouse
  10/17/18
poast them fgt
Lime macaca
  10/17/18
"Faggots" by Larry Kramer
Sienna Boiling Water
  10/17/18
...
Flirting orchestra pit
  10/17/18
The art of racing in the rain
Flushed Rebellious Church Building
  10/17/18
American Psycho and Journey to the End of the Night
drab razzle electric furnace stead
  10/17/18
synergistic
Flirting orchestra pit
  10/17/18
do you happen to remember the American Psycho chapter?
Talented soggy rigor
  10/17/18
Don't recall the exact chapter, but it's toward the end when...
drab razzle electric furnace stead
  10/17/18
is that "we buy balloons, we let them go"?
appetizing crusty laser beams
  10/17/18
No, although I think that’s in the same chapter and pa...
drab razzle electric furnace stead
  10/17/18
Imperium by Robert Harris
Ruddy cruel-hearted national security agency
  10/17/18
"You Are a Fag" by A. Pederast
Floppy mahogany dilemma patrolman
  10/17/18
...
Ruddy cruel-hearted national security agency
  10/17/18
...
Hateful Submissive Faggot Firefighter
  10/17/18
Closest were probably Atonement, Independence Day, Never Let...
glassy contagious senate
  10/17/18
Big hardcover of Magic Eye puzzles. Moms bf beat me with it ...
adventurous jew market
  10/17/18
180
electric selfie house
  10/17/18
"Cathedral" by Raymond Carver always gets me, not ...
appetizing crusty laser beams
  10/17/18
Is that the one with the blind person? He really was an incr...
adventurous jew market
  10/17/18
yes
appetizing crusty laser beams
  10/17/18
180 brother
adventurous jew market
  10/17/18
Shiloh.
motley pea-brained immigrant
  10/17/18
I read The Road shortly after having my son -- can't recall ...
metal home
  10/17/18
Culture of Critique
Galvanic fighting theater stage corn cake
  10/17/18


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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:32 AM
Author: Talented soggy rigor

Where the Red Fern Grows

Romans (Bible lol)

The Road

The Brother Karamazov



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37039960)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:49 AM
Author: Lime macaca

What part of Romans made you cry? (I'm guessing either 5, 8, or 3.)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040066)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 1:18 AM
Author: Talented soggy rigor

You nailed it, yes 5 and 8.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040205)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 1:23 AM
Author: Lime macaca

180!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040230)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 1:21 AM
Author: Talented soggy rigor

Only KJV can have this effect.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040222)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 1:23 AM
Author: Lime macaca

I think ESV also has value, but I agree the KJV is often more moving.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040234)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 1:40 AM
Author: Talented soggy rigor

Especially if you've grown up reading a specific version. KJV is indelible in the hippocampus for me. There's too many versions now to keep up with.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040308)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 1:54 AM
Author: Lime macaca

CR, and many of them are heretical trash that dilutes or alters the meaning of the text.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040351)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 1:47 PM
Author: Alcoholic odious theatre partner

ran here for Where the Red Fern Grows

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37042824)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:37 AM
Author: Lime macaca

Solid list. Never cried at a book, but the closest were Old Yeller and Where The Red Fern Grows. Read them in quick succession when I was 8-9 and choked up at the end of each one, but decided crying over books was for pussies and I wasn't gonna give in. Oh the simplicity of childhood.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37039985)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:43 AM
Author: Talented soggy rigor

I can't dwell on the thought of ANY harm coming to a dog without tearing up.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040022)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:37 AM
Author: Dashing chad parlor

The Remains of the Day

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37039991)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:42 AM
Author: passionate burgundy prole

very cr

I wouldn't say I "cried" but my eyes definitely welled up at the end

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040019)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:41 AM
Author: hairless dysfunction kitchen

Carson McCullers: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Member of the wedding, Haunted boy

James Joyce: Dubliners

Tony Kushner: Angels in America

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040017)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:42 AM
Author: passionate burgundy prole

Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040020)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:45 AM
Author: Grizzly boltzmann location

damn

auf Deutsch?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040031)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:49 AM
Author: passionate burgundy prole

sadly, no, I fucking wish. Could read him, Nietzsche, "I and Thou" by Buber, Hegel, etc. in the original, but no dice.

Still, even in translation, the words just float off the page while carrying weight, like dark clouds heavy with rain

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040067)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:52 AM
Author: Grizzly boltzmann location

check out Immensee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immensee_(novella)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040087)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:59 AM
Author: passionate burgundy prole

ty, will check it out

truly unreal the sexual power women have over men. It is their one advantage, but it is terrifying.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040125)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:46 AM
Author: Talented soggy rigor



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040038)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:45 AM
Author: beta histrionic personal credit line

wtrfg is tcr

charlottes web

a separate peace

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040034)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:45 AM
Author: nofapping main people

The Joy Luck Club

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040035)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:46 AM
Author: Lime macaca

My mother and aunt both fucking love this book. Why?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040044)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 2:22 PM
Author: Galvanic fighting theater stage corn cake

yeah i cried when i read this book too, because it was so fucking bad that it was psychologically painful to force myself to finish it for school

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37043132)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 2:23 PM
Author: Lime macaca

this is far more coherent with my 4 pages of experience with it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37043141)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:46 AM
Author: Buff aphrodisiac garrison

What Happened

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040042)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:47 AM
Author: Talented soggy rigor



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040052)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 1:03 AM
Author: glittery sexy coldplay fan



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040151)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:47 AM
Author: Talented soggy rigor

forgot to add Fox and the Hound

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040048)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:50 AM
Author: Flirting orchestra pit

blood meridian

ulysses

dasher

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040076)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:52 AM
Author: Lime macaca

Explain what part of Blood Meridian made you cry.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040086)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:52 AM
Author: Talented soggy rigor

is Ulysses a tough read?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040088)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:55 AM
Author: Lime macaca

No. It's not always engaging, but it's not dense or anything.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040102)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:57 AM
Author: Talented soggy rigor

thank

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040115)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:51 AM
Author: Grizzly boltzmann location

I remember reading "Bridge to Terabithia" for a middle school book review report thing and crying at the end when that chick died.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040079)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:54 AM
Author: yapping sadistic cuck

The American Restatement of Torts, Second

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040098)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:57 AM
Author: fishy toilet seat stage

Chambers Associate: The Student's Guide to Law Firms

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040116)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 1:02 AM
Author: Talented soggy rigor

restatements were a breath of fresh air compared to casebooks but i'm no one to judge

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040142)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 12:56 AM
Author: cerebral trump supporter hell

the giving tree

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040106)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 1:00 AM
Author: Talented soggy rigor

forgot about this one

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040132)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 1:20 AM
Author: Flirting orchestra pit

cr

poast above was just lazy flame, but I'd forgotten about this one. this was certainly the only one, maybe barring segments of the Chronicles of Narnia.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040218)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 1:13 AM
Author: Lime macaca

vsg! answer me pls: http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040066

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040185)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 1:19 AM
Author: milky rehab potus

Flowers for Algernon

Of Mice & Men

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040211)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 2:13 PM
Author: stirring violent whorehouse

did you cry bc Steinbeck is such a godawful writer and they make you read him anyway

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37043069)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 2:22 PM
Author: milky rehab potus

It was 9th grade. I teared up because the guy shot Lenny.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37043131)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 2:24 PM
Author: Lime macaca

Steinbeck is 180. What makes you consider him bad?

Do you have any examples of good writers?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37043148)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 2:29 PM
Author: stirring violent whorehouse

yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37043192)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 2:35 PM
Author: Lime macaca

poast them fgt

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37043241)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 1:30 AM
Author: Sienna Boiling Water

"Faggots" by Larry Kramer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040260)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 1:32 AM
Author: Flirting orchestra pit



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040269)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 1:32 AM
Author: Flushed Rebellious Church Building

The art of racing in the rain

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040267)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 1:35 AM
Author: drab razzle electric furnace stead

American Psycho and Journey to the End of the Night

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040285)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 1:36 AM
Author: Flirting orchestra pit

synergistic

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040291)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 1:41 AM
Author: Talented soggy rigor

do you happen to remember the American Psycho chapter?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37040311)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 1:37 PM
Author: drab razzle electric furnace stead

Don't recall the exact chapter, but it's toward the end when Patrick is on a date with Jean, and she tells him she loves him. His responding monologue always gets me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37042738)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 1:42 PM
Author: appetizing crusty laser beams

is that "we buy balloons, we let them go"?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37042783)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 1:51 PM
Author: drab razzle electric furnace stead

No, although I think that’s in the same chapter and part of the same scene. That’s also a good passage, but the one I have in mind comes before that one, I think.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37042860)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 1:43 PM
Author: Ruddy cruel-hearted national security agency

Imperium by Robert Harris

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37042787)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 1:52 PM
Author: Floppy mahogany dilemma patrolman

"You Are a Fag" by A. Pederast

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37042869)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 1:55 PM
Author: Ruddy cruel-hearted national security agency



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37042900)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 2:16 PM
Author: Hateful Submissive Faggot Firefighter



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37043087)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 1:56 PM
Author: glassy contagious senate

Closest were probably Atonement, Independence Day, Never Let Me Go, The Road

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37042908)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 1:56 PM
Author: adventurous jew market

Big hardcover of Magic Eye puzzles. Moms bf beat me with it when i taped over his recording of WCW Nitro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37042911)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 2:10 PM
Author: electric selfie house

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37043035)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 2:10 PM
Author: appetizing crusty laser beams

"Cathedral" by Raymond Carver always gets me, not quite to tears, but it's really moving

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37043034)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 2:19 PM
Author: adventurous jew market

Is that the one with the blind person? He really was an incredible writer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37043116)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 2:21 PM
Author: appetizing crusty laser beams

yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37043127)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 2:22 PM
Author: adventurous jew market

180 brother

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37043133)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 2:10 PM
Author: motley pea-brained immigrant

Shiloh.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37043038)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 2:19 PM
Author: metal home

I read The Road shortly after having my son -- can't recall if I cried reading it, but I know it was an emotional read.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37043111)



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Date: October 17th, 2018 2:34 PM
Author: Galvanic fighting theater stage corn cake

Culture of Critique

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4108584&forum_id=2#37043232)