She has decided that the eye sees not itself but by reflection from some other thing—
Cordelia and Lear, Ivor Morris
Cordelia and Lear, Ivor Morris
Cordelia and Lear, Ivor Morris
Cordelia and Lear, Ivor Morris
Cordelia cannot fail to have our sympathy, for she has been put in a terrible position, and has had to deal with a man who is as unpredictable as he is passionate—and to whom she is utterly devoted. Yet it is Cordelia herself who rouses this tempest, and does so wilfully, if not calmly.
Cordelia and Lear, Ivor Morris
Shall we sharpen our eyes and circle closer to the beauty of the husband – carefully, for he was on fire. Under him the floor was on fire, the world was on fire, truth was on fire.
Anne Carson, The Beauty of the Husband
Lucian Msamati as Iago in Othello (2015) dir. Iqbal Khan
But I thank you for reminding me how pathetic children are. Quick to follow, quicker still to flee. Yes, quite pitiful, and annoying as gnats, but certainly not a threat. To think you hoped...what did you hope for, anyway? To defeat me? But you’re only children!
Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society
She looked around her dreadful, dingy cell. Would she be kept here for ever and ever? Until she was very old?
"No," she said to herself. "I'm Emma Tolly now, and Emma won't stand for it. Emma is a persevering person.”
#charlie bone#emma tolly#emilia moon#children of the red king#lit#mine*#mine: lit#mine: charlie bone#sources: the oa; unexpected wilderness (bbc earth); a faber-castell tutorial; ‘building the great cathedrals'#& 'notre-dame de paris bells 850th anniversay (plenum)#this really is the most self-indulgent thing i've ever spent time on
Janet Harbord, “Between Identification and Desire: Rereading Rebecca”
#rebecca#daphne du maurier#quote#lit#me @ the small but surely present rebecca base on this website#surprise bitch!!#have i ever been this niche or embarassing? god ofc.#rebecca's physicality is smth i haven't paid near enough attention to i was Remiss#a transcendental luminosity surviving the grave; somewhere between angel and ghost#mine*#mine: quote#mine: lit#mine: rebecca
#tortall#tortalledit#emperor mage#ozorne tasikhe#numair salmalin#arram draper#tamora pierce#the immortals#ozorne: at last my methodical plans for world domination are coming to fruition#ozorne: but moRE IMPORTANTLY–#ozorne: MY EX IS FINALLY GETTING WHAT HE DESERVES#chioké; who is so tired: hey quick question; have you ever heard of smth called 'forgive and forget'?#ozorne; blankly: i don't know what either of those two words mean.#mine*#mine: tortall#mine: lit