yeahlikethebird reblogged
The older I get, and the more on fire the world seems to be the more I feel comforted and SEEN by Sir Terry Pratchett and Discworld.
Not because all the books are inherently comfortable so much as because they feel like someone taking you by the hand and saying; “I know. I’m just as angry about this bullshit. But we can hold hands. But the sun still rises. But hope is still important. Hope wears steel toed boots and smiles with pink and bloody teeth and will make you laugh and will make you cry. It’s not okay. But we’re in the shit together, and some day it’s gonna be less shit.”
This got away from me.
What I’m saying is, I’ve got a shovel.
#well said#this... this is exactly it#it's why these are comfort reads for me even when they hurt#it's not just catharsis; it's acknowledgement and vindication and teeth-gritting determination#wrapped up in scenes that make you laugh and cry at the same time#sometimes crying with laughter#sometimes laughing at how simple and silly is the thing that just made you openly weep#and everywhere between#discworld#terry pratchett#gnu terry pratchett