#harold stein

[mister-sol]

and he cries and cries, cries for everything he has been, for everything he might have been, for every old hurt, for every old happiness, cries for the shame and joy of finally getting to be a child...

Harold and Jude from Hanya Yanagihara's "A Little Life". It's not what I usually post here, but I've had this scene on the back of my mind for a while now, and after rereading it for the millionth time I decided to give in and draw it. Put way too much of myself into this to not post it to my main, so here we are.

#my art #a little life #jude st francis #harold stein #i was going to draw the pantry but then as i was halfway through sketching it i went like. nah. #as long as god keeps letting me get away with not drawing backgrounds i will keep not drawing them

[pjshermann]

Your card declines at therapy and they bring out Harold’s “in everything I see, I see him” monologue from Lispenard Street II

#am I late to the trend #am I hip #I would kms on the spot #a little life #a little life play #jude st francis #een klein leven #a little life book #harold stein

[homo-house]

a little life - VI. dear comrade; ch. 3. (p. 677-678) by hanya yanagihara

#guess who is really going through it and is obsessively rereading a little life again #a little life #hanya yanagihara #something happened last week and i keep coming back to this scene. to every jude-harold-julia scene #it is not helping me in any practical way but it is comforting me #i'm replaying so many things in my head. maybe replaying fictional scenarios from beloved books is just healthier #harold stein #jude st francis

[goeasyonjude]

here’s a list of spoiler free a little life findings & anecdotes

• JB’s grandmother sang to him in French.

•During their sophomore year of college, Malcolm, Jude, and Willem visited JB everyday while he was in the hospital with a broken wrist.

•Jude is compared to the sea, for his everlasting presence.

•Willem can speak two languages.

•Jude was the first to arrive in their dorm, Malcolm was the second.

•Harold never imagined he would have a child.

•Jude learned to drive in Harold’s car.

•Andy has a twin brother who is also in the medical field.

•Late October is Willem’s favorite time in the city.

•Malcolm’s gaze is described as a lighthouse’s beam, when inspecting spaces.

•JB once carried Jude into the hospital following one of his episodes.

•There are 3 books that Jude read that are mentioned, Emma, On Narcissism, and The Hobbit (which is read to him).

•Willem is an avid coffee lover.

•Malcolm gifted Jude one of his miniature houses for his seventeenth birthday.

•Willem once moved Jude out of the way of an oncoming bike.

•Both Jude and Willem are characterized as optimists.

•One of Jude’s favorite streets is also a street in which Harold lives.

•Willem retaught Jude how to shave in college.

•Jude’s smile is compared to the moon.

#a little life #jude st francis #willem ragnarsson #alittlelife #een klein leven #welcome new little life readers and hello to past readers n rereaders #jb marion #harold stein #malcom irvine #hanya yanigahara

[notes-fromunderground]

just in case no one has ever heard this part of the audiobook

#the voice crack at the end #im inconsolable #such a great narration #a little life #hanya yanagihara #jude st francis #harold stein

[luna-01l]

every time I remember Jude left Harold an eight pages letter, one part of me dies

#a little life #jude st francis #harold stein

[moonriver0312]

"But instead he finds Harold wrapping him in his arms, and he tries to push him away, but Julia is holding him too, leaning over the carapace of his wheelchair, and he is trapped between them."

A Little Life, Part VI, Chapter 3, pg. 792-793, written by Hanya Yanagihara

#a little life #hanya yanagihara #jude st. francis #harold stein #oh my god I am ugly crying now #he has never been an actual child guys #jude my baby #you have to listen to the audiobook guys bc it sounds so heartbreaking #literature #book quotes #book quotations #my a little life revisit diary

[myrandomblogg]

Harold singing this to Jude after he had a episode.

#a little life #jude st francis #willem ragnarsson #ein wenig leben #harold stein #a little life quote #alittlelife #judestfancis #a little life memes #Spotify

[periwinckleblue]

We need to talk about Harold and Julia cleaning the whole house to impress Jude and showing off everything with pride.

#a little life book #jude st francis #harold stein

[madamevandeleur]

Most heartbreaking scene yet somehow the one scene that had me cheering for at least three seconds

#a little life #jude st francis #harold stein #a little life book

[beesholmes]

happy father's day to one and only harold stein. thank you for being such a good dad to jude :,)

#harold stein #a little life #jude st francis

[pjshermann]

Whatever you do, don’t think about the fact that both Harold and Jude share the inability to not make things more elaborate than necessary. Jude with his extensive cleaning before a party, spending night after night making several different kinds of sweet pastries, making sure each one is perfect. Harold with his ambitious thanksgiving projects, trying to make extravagant dishes like duck à l’orange or trout “stuffed with other stuff”, only to give up and have yet another traditional Turkey dinner.

Lispenard Street - Chapter 3

“Don’t make this complicated,” was the other thing JB had said, but Willem and Malcolm knew that was a caution meant solely for Jude, who had a tendency to make things more elaborate than was necessary…”

The Postman - Chapter 3

“It was his opinion (shared by Julia) that Harold had a tendency to make thanksgiving more complicated than it needed to be.”

Like father like son.

#a little life #jude st francis #a little life play #harold stein #een klein leven #a little life book

[msmoony7]

this is the last page of my copy of a little life. i finished it two years ago today and i still remember so vividly how hard i sobbed over the cover😭 the pages are still crumpled to this day from how many tears landed on the pages

#a little life #hanya yanagihara #jude st francis #willem ragnarsson #jb marion #malcolm irvine #i still haven’t recovered #harold stein #goodreads #books #i love books

[goeasyonjude]

A Little Life, rage & tenderness

#a little life #alittlelife #jude st francis #willem ragnarsson #jb marion #harold stein #when i read the quote above i immediately think about jude and jb but in different ways #jude and jb are so alike but are two sides of a coin #their biggest difference is that jb still expects and demands love and jude has accepted the absence of it

[spacecowboysfrommars]

My toxic trait is that I physically cannot process any sort of fictional father-son relationship without my brain turning it into Irondad and it’s making reading all of Harold and Jude’s scenes in A Little Life really complicated.

#peter parker #tony stark #irondad #a little life #jude st francis #harold stein

[alittlepassionfruit]

Do you guys think Jude ever publicly claimed Harold as “my father” to anyone? 🤔

#a little life #jude st francis #harold stein