and your eyes seeing happiness;

"I wish I wrote the way I thought Obsessively Incessantly With maddening hunger I’d write to the..."

Sun, 26 May 2013 08:00:14 +1000

“I wish I wrote the way I thought
Obsessively
Incessantly
With maddening hunger
I’d write to the point of suffocation
I’d write myself into nervous breakdowns
Manuscripts spiralling out like tentacles into abysmal nothing
And I’d write about you
a lot more
than I should”

- Benedict Smith, “I Wish I Wrote The Way I Thought” (via growing-orbits)

juliable: If you could make your own house motto and sigil,...

Sun, 26 May 2013 05:20:09 +1000

juliable:

If you could make your own house motto and sigil, what would they be?

#John Bradley West marry me

sheisahopelessromantic: marrymyface: bisexual guys are assumed to be secretly gay bisexual girls...

Sun, 26 May 2013 02:40:23 +1000

sheisahopelessromantic:

marrymyface:

bisexual guys are assumed to be secretly gay

bisexual girls are assumed to be secretly straight

both are assumed to secretly like men

see what i’m getting at?

#men in society: forever believing that the world revolves around their dicks #talk about egocentricism

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Sat, 25 May 2013 21:20:03 +1000

thenakedlibrarianontheroof: This is the kind of thing I feel...

Sat, 25 May 2013 18:40:04 +1000

thenakedlibrarianontheroof:

This is the kind of thing I feel like I should be wearing all the time in case I accidentally get sucked back in time somehow. Instant goddess/queen/faerie/whatevs.

Apollo is Dead; Enjolras and Grantaire

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:00:05 +1000

sunjolras:

is it canon era

is it modern

does it matter

apollo sucks pass it on

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wow yes good

"You can do this. You’re a person who can exist in real life."

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:20:04 +1000

“You can do this. You’re a person who can exist in real life.”

- Marius Pontmercy to himself, Book II (via incorrectlesmisquotes)

"You want me to be a tragic backdrop so that you can appear to be illuminated, so that people can say..."

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:40:03 +1000

“You want me to be a tragic backdrop so that you can appear to be illuminated, so that people can say ‘Wow, isn’t he so terribly brave to love a girl who is so obviously sad?’ You think I’ll be the dark sky so you can be the star? I’ll swallow you whole.”

- Warsan Shire (via stupid—fat—hobbit)

it’s probably too early, but new canton?

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:18:30 +1000

it’s probably too early, but new canton?

I feel like graphic-making trends have come full-circle I’ve seen grunge that belongs in the...

Sat, 25 May 2013 08:34:00 +1000

I feel like graphic-making trends have come full-circle

I’ve seen grunge that belongs in the early 2000s

I don’t know what’s happening

help me

"A catcall is entirely about reminding you that you are not yours. The purity myth is entirely about..."

Sat, 25 May 2013 08:00:23 +1000

“

A catcall is entirely about reminding you that you are not yours. The purity myth is entirely about reminding you that you are not yours. The fetishization of female purity in a world where catcalls are an acceptable form of communication telegraphs one thing very clearly:

“Women, stop sexualizing yourselves—that’s our job, and you’re taking all the fun out of it.”

The sexualization of women is only appealing if it’s nonconsensual. Otherwise it’s “sluttiness,” and sluttiness is agency and agency is threatening.

”

- “Female ‘Purity’ is Bullshit”, by Lindy West (at jezebel.com)

vikings-shieldmaiden: Gyda never imagined herself growing as...

Sat, 25 May 2013 05:20:24 +1000

vikings-shieldmaiden:

Gyda never imagined herself growing as harsh and intimidating as her mother; she knew for a very long time that she’d never be a Shieldmaiden. So she was shocked when she opened her eyes, comprehended her surroundings, and felt a large, warm hand wrap around her own.

The small girl blinked, looking up at Freyja. “M-me?” She bit her lip. “Why me? I’m not… I don’t belong here. I’m not a warrior.”

Freyja stroked Gyda’s hair with her other hand. “Little one, we took you from Midgard because we needed someone to gather flowers for the halls of Valhalla.”

Thank-you to Nic author and muse {vestara.tumblr.com}

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Sat, 25 May 2013 02:40:19 +1000

I believe in you.

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:20:13 +1000

I believe in you.

I am rapidly developing a problem and I choose to blame Kas.

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:58:00 +1000

I am rapidly developing a problem and I choose to blame Kas.

nami64: the ten plagues of egypt » The Prince of Egypt

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:40:16 +1000

nami64:

the ten plagues of egypt » The Prince of Egypt

muffdiver: kawaiinchesters: really old vintage photos of...

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:00:14 +1000

muffdiver:

kawaiinchesters:

really old vintage photos of homosexual couples

See the rest, they’re all amazing.

Les Misérables, Victor Hugo Vol 5, Book 5

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:20:12 +1000

Les Misérables, Victor Hugo

Vol 5, Book 5

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Fri, 24 May 2013 10:40:03 +1000

for you there will be singing tomorrows: absurdfact: You know you’re a history fan when…: Why I Study...

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:00:23 +1000

for you there will be singing tomorrows: absurdfact: You know you’re a history fan when…: Why I Study...:

absurdfact:

You know you’re a history fan when…: Why I Study History

thierrry:

(OR: Why I waste time in a meaningless field; why I want to spend my life looking at old dusty letters and books; why I care about people who are dead and gone; why this even matters.)

I study history because I love humanity.

I study history because it encompasses the entire realm of human thought and deed.

History is a coded map of the human heart; it is a record of hopes & dreams of the great and the small. History is the ambitions of humans on their knees — in the mosques, the cathedrals, the temples; on the plantations; in the trenches. History is the hopes of the humans looking ahead — at the horizon, up to the stars, towards the future.

History is the action of firing a gun or swinging a sword; the action of love (making it, keeping it, using it, stealing it, forgetting it, leaving it).

History is a Mozart symphony, a Wagnerian opera, a gamelan orchestra, and the rhythm of the military march.

History is culture, literature, philosophy; history is the smallest bedtime prayer whispered by the smallest child. It is a quest — to slay the dragon, to reclaim the Holy Land, to surpass all boundaries.

History is neither good nor evil, but it is the sum of good and evil things. It is the wheel of time, the moving hands of a clock, and the timeless hush of an old library. History is in the museums but also in destruction of museums.

And the work of a historian is not a dead job. It is not all dust and old books, faded parchment and endless, meaningless letters. It is not mummification — rather, it is the resurrection and immortalization of past lives, past hopes and fears and dreams.

The historian does not worship the past, but instead brings it into the present — refreshes it, remembers it, and, most importantly, learns from it. The historian knows that history is a tool, and knowledge of history is both an honor and a powerful weapon in the right (or wrong) hands.

Most of all, the historian knows that history is not only the past — it is the future.