They Werent That Important. They Were Merely At The Top. The People Who Really Run Organizations Are

“They weren’t that important. They were merely at the top. The people who really run organizations are usually found several levels down, where it’s still possible to get things done.”

-Terry Pratchett’s Small Gods

“Her good mama had loved wrong, but not for nothing. They say that life can give you another chance, but don’t believe it. You choose to find another chance. Either way, don’t strike out for the territory, there is no undiscovered country.”

-No One is Coming to Save Us by Stephanie Powell Watts

i am SO SICK of unhappy endings. idk about anyone else but the #1 reason i like fiction is because everything can always work out no matter how bad it is. “what if the good guys lost” shut up. you are so fucking boring. give me happy endings or give me nothing

“These are not words, but tastes of blood and tears.”

“Ce ne sont pas des paroles, mais des gouttes de sang et des larmes.”

— Ricardo Viñes, Journal inédit de Ricardo Viñes (À propos des Fleurs du Mal)

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“She wanted to say that amidst the chaos of days, the great detritus of living was your actual life. She wanted to say stop looking for it, honey, this is it. What she did say was, ‘You’ve got a house here, JJ. Live in it.’”

-No One is Coming to Save Us by Stephanie Powell Watts