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// Art: “Paysage” by Henri Mauperché
“The paradise of the rich is made out of the hell of the poor.”
— Victor Hugo, “The Man Who Laughs”
my heart's an ulcer, crusted over in rusted blood
“Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.”
— George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
“Listen closely: the only time it’s too late to change yourself is when you’re dead. Until then, you’re simply making excuses or lying to yourself.”
— Unknown
“I couldn’t remember falling in love with him, but I could remember looking into his eyes and realizing that they were going to haunt me forever.”
— Unknown
“You will never be able to experience everything. So, please, do poetical justice to your soul and simply experience yourself.”
— Albert Camus, “Notebooks”
Sylvia Plath, from a letter to Ann Davidow-Goodman, featured in The Letters Of Sylvia Plath Volume I: 1940–1956
[Text ID: I know I’ll always think of you with something like hurt and nostalgia―and a great deal of love.]
The best way to know life is to love many things
Vincent van Gogh
“Writing is like breathing, it's possible to learn to do it well, but the point is to do it no matter what.” — Julia Cameron
“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
Drawing by Alexandra Mantzari
Thank you! I was looking everywhere for my favorite scene
ONE DAY
↳book > screen
“If you muck me about, Dexter.” “I won’t-“ “I mean it, if you lead me on or let me down or go behind my back, I will murder you. I swear to God, I will eat your heart.”
“I won’t do that, Em.” “You won’t?” “I swear, I won’t.”
And then she frowned, and shook her head, then put her arms around him once more, pressing her face into his shoulder, making a noise that sounded almost like rage. “What’s up?” he asked. “Nothing. Oh, nothing. Just…” She looked up at him. “I thought I’d finally got rid of you.” “I don’t think you can,” he said.
Then you'll go to the offie. And you'll buy a couple more bottles. And maybe some cigarettes. And then you'll smoke them in here, which you'll regret, 'cause you'll never quite get the smell out. And Tilly'll call you later. And Sylvie. But you won't want to sound sad or pissed, so you don't pick up. Which means tomorrow you'll have to call them both and say you fell asleep early. And your dad, because they'll have called him too. But they won't believe you. And you'll feel guilty and hungover and just… shit. All day. And it'll go on like that. Until it doesn't. Cause one day, it won't. One Day (2024)
"If you muck me about, Dexter.."
"I won't."
"No, I mean it. If you lead me on, or let me down, or go behind my back, I will murder you. I swear to God, I will eat your heart."
ONE DAY (1.12)
“We… need to forgive ourselves… for all the things we didn’t do. All the things we should have done. You can’t get stuck on the regrets of what should have happened.”
— Mitch Albom
you made leaving me look so easy...
how am i supposed to trust anyone again?
- dee (trust issues)
fav trope (if it even counts as one):
the nerd v. jock, brain v. flesh, beau v. smarts dynamic
in which one tries to impress the other by reading up on stated favorite literature or research on area of interest/specialty. then they try to candidly weave in what they've learned during conversation, only to accidentally misuse field lingo.
at which point the smarts character blushes, smirks, recognizing the flesh character had been declaring their interest in their own subtle way; paying attention.
"she's just so smart. i can't help but get all nervous around her. i worry i'll say something stupid and she won't think i'm cool anymore."