"I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual."
- Virginia Woolf (via hateshiploveship)
A girl on a journey to understand and help others...except she's a slut. Typically reblogs things she find aesthetically pleasing. Hopes you enjoy.
Which Hogwarts house will you be sorted into?
6 months ago
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"When King Lear dies in Act V, do you know what Shakespeare has written? He’s written “He dies.” That’s all, nothing more. No fanfare, no metaphor, no brilliant final words. The culmination of the most influential work of dramatic literature is “He dies.” It takes Shakespeare, a genius, to come up with “He dies.” And yet every time I read those two words, I find myself overwhelmed with dysphoria. And I know it’s only natural to be sad, but not because of the words “He dies.” but because of the life we saw prior to the words. I’ve lived all five of my acts, Mahoney, and I am not asking you to be happy that I must go. I’m only asking that you turn the page, continue reading… and let the next story begin. And if anyone asks what became of me, you relate my life in all its wonder, and end it with a simple and modest “He died."
- Mr. Edward Magorium [to Molly, about dying] - Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium
6 months ago
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"There are times in your life where all you can do at the end of the day is turn out the lights, flop on the bed, and throw in the towel. Raise the white flag. For some that kind of surrender is hard to even contemplate and harder to accept, and there’s a dignity in that, in fighting to the finish, to the red-faced bitter end. But in those moments, in bed, right before the lights go out, solace can be found. The very act of giving up becomes a starting point. You clear your head. You still your beating heart. You navigate the rocky shoals, setting out again. Call it surrender or serenity, it doesn’t matter which, because the thing you never thought you’d do or say or ever have to face, becomes more than what you have to do. It becomes the way it is."
- Mary Shannon “In Plain Sight”
7 months ago
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"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free."
- Frederick Douglass (via prettybooks)
8 months ago
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"Each one of here today will at one time in our lives look upon a loved one who is in need and ask the same question: We are willing help, Lord, but what, if anything, is needed? For it is true we can seldom help those closest to us. Either we don’t know what part of ourselves to give or, more often than not, the part we have to give is not wanted. And so it those we live with and should know who elude us. But we can still love them - we can love completely without complete understanding."
- Rev. MacLean “A River Runs Through It”
8 months ago
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"You are the child of God’s holy gift of life. You come from me. But you are not me. Your soul and your body are your own, and yours to do with as you wish."
- Burt Holloway “Secretary”
8 months ago
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"So Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone."
- Roald Dahl, Matilda (via prettybooks)
9 months ago
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"The best thing about Doctor Who for me has been the response I’ve had from children, both in the street and the number of letters and drawings of me and Daleks, which are all over my wall at home. In all the 20 years I’ve been acting, I’ve never enjoyed a response so much as the one I’ve had from children and I’m carrying that in my heart forever."
- Christopher Eccleston (via redhatwanderer)
