from whistling swans, in felicity and devotions, mary oliver
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from whistling swans, in felicity and devotions, mary oliver
and you feel your heart taking root in your body, like you've discovered something you don't even have a name for
[you are jeff, richard siken || the man who would be king, supernatural]
the vocabulary of loss is the dictionary
Fauna, Richard Siken
Mary Oliver, from The Fire
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maggie smith, good bones
Virginia Woolf, from her novel titled "The Waves," originally published in 1931
2025 notion dashboard ready 😏😏 link below! i've been very busy but this is all i could pull off for a quick project
Link: https://ko-fi.com/s/a09c2284fa or https://kylemargareth.gumroad.com/l/trendy
and sooo, i revised this notion dashboard that i drafted awhile back. it's now uploaded in my ko-fi, and you can get it there!! just lmk if the price is too high :( im lowkey really broke but i promise ill try to upload free ones soon. i have another one currently under process but its much simpler so i think that'll just be for personal use? hehe happy new year everyone!!! may we all have a very good and kind year :)
“Because good people can turn desperate when the horrors are upon them— especially people whose culture of plenty has left them with no systems to cope with scarcity or cataclysm. Good people will turn monstrous when it’s down to their survival or someone else’s.”
M. L. Wang, Blood over bright haven
“Is it better to be safe and broken than it is to be dead?”
M. L. Wang, Blood over bright haven
Babel by RF Kuang
I finally finished Babel after a month! I finally think I'm shaking this reading slump though, and it was a brilliant book. I think it will take a while to fully process all the detail!
It was a truly amazing story and anybody who called it 'preachy' needs to take a look at their own values- it was a realistic portrayal of 1800s England and the racism imbued in it. She managed to invent a magical industry but also accurately predict the pitfalls it would have had.
Amazing work from RF Kuang as always, and I really enjoyed the linguistic focus, and how much she discusses meanings that get lost in translation, and how much viewpoints of nations can be seen through languages. It was intense and detailed, but that was honestly what made it as good as it was.
I also loved her clever technique of adding extra context at the bottom, even story relevant details that it would feel too clunky to add into dialogue. She managed to balance a complex historical and multicultural story while still enduring any reader could understand.
The characters were raw and real, and the effort she put into showing us the variety of viewpoints that still exist within the same side was so eye opening and honest. Her understanding of human motivation and psychology always blows me away.
4.5 stars from me ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨️, the 0.5 simply because I would have liked more information on the aftermath, but also understand there wasn't many characters to give it through (this will make sense if you've read it).
To me it is less fantasy focused than the Poppy Wars, so if it was only the aspect of Rin and shamans that you enjoyed in that book, you may not love this as much. However if you enjoyed the historical and political elements pick this up quickly!!
Thanks for reading 🥰
letty couldn't handle the fact a brown man rejected her, but also couldn't handle knowing that ramy would pick robin over and over again, that he would rather have a (chinese) MAN over a (white) woman
she tried to connect with him the ways robin could, by talking abt his foreign land, by "appreciating" him ("but your skin is lovely—"), mimicking his banter with robin (constantly going against every mundane opinion he had in an effort to tease him) but she could never see how she was constantly hurting him by never listening to him, by putting down his feelings of britain's settlement in india, by her utter ignorance to the group's collective experiences
but no, it's ramy's fault, obviously. he wouldn't even look at her and she couldn't stand it
Love is many things but it is also an agreement where both parties state their needs, their expectations, their limits. Both must be honest with each other and themselves, and go in with eyes wide open. Things must be talked out loud, and not assumed. Hurts must not be allowed to fester and anything that bothers or upsets you must be brought out to the light even if it is difficult. Communication must always remain open and vibrant for change is inevitable and these conversations must be had constantly. If there comes a time you cannot come to an understanding then please part before bitterness and hurt take over and obliterate every good memory from both of your hearts. Love is an agreement, a pact, a promise, something that must be held in reverence and honored by those involved.
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“In the midst of my doubts, sufferings, anxieties, revolts and anger, only one thing remains firm: my love for you and the unshakeable feeling that I am yours and that nothing can separate me from you. Think for a second, and remember our old storms. I exist only through you and with you and I will wait for you if I have to for the rest of my life; I will wait for you even though I know you will never come. Do you understand? Leave all your ghosts alone. Against you, near or far, I’ll always be with you. Even the shadow is sweet to me if I know you in the sun.”
— Maria Casarès to Albert Camus, Correspondance, January 17, 1950 [#132]
“No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.”
— Carl Gustav Jung
― Billy-Ray Belcourt, A History of My Brief Body
[text ID: To love someone is firstly to confess: I'm prepared to be devastated by you.]