>reading book
>has an in-text citation
>cites an entire different book
>now you have to read that entire different book in order to continue.
Anybody else fucking hates that feel?
I know that feel.
>reading academic article
>by the time I'm finished I have 5-10 more articles queued up to read
>each new article adds 5-10 more to the list
Pic related, my current (digital) backlog (I have about ~50 books lying around my room I still need to finish).
I'll never read everything I want to read.
>reading a history of philosophy
>have to stop at each particular philosopher's chapter and read his entire body of work before moving on
>tfw ultimately it all leads back to the muthafucking greeks
>>7721137
i would hate to have read everythin i want to read
one can either despair the incompleteness of life or be glad. dont worry if there are great books you will never read, just make sure all the books you read are great and that all great books are read by someone
