when ethel cain said “i tried to be good am i no good am i no good am i no good” which started with her self-loathing after being abused by her father and neil perry said “i was good. i was really good” and then he killed himself because he knew that he would never be good enough for his father
"She was like that, she threw things off balance just to see if she could put them back in some other way." - Elena Ferrante
largely inspired by this post by my beloved @elenagrec and this discussion i've had with @prismelit
"You see? In the fairy tales one does as one wants, and in reality one does what one can."
― Elena Ferrente, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
mary oliver, ‘from this river, when i was a child, i used to drink’
[ID: “‘What, precisely, will you grieve for?’ For the river. For myself, my lost joyfulness. For the children who will not know what a river can be—a friend, a companion, a hint of heaven.” end ID]
do you love me?
heart handbag by ROTHBARTH
The Glass Essay, Anne Carson | Molly Brodak, Molly Brodak
I’ve been asked a few times about a labelled Master List of sigils. There are a ton of them, I know, and it’s frustrating to look back and forth between the individual posts where they are labeled. So have this!
sansa fc: amy wren, kaitlyn dever, arya fc: georgie henley, mackenzie foy / paintings: “amor aeternus” by william oxer, “absence makes the heart grow fonder” by john william godward / quotes: a game of thrones - eddard vii, a storm of swords - sansa ii, a clash of kings - arya ii
happy memories and bittersweet thoughts