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A TIMELORD STUDIED IN HOGWARTS LIVES IN WESTEROS AN AGENT OF SHIELD

[jinxingrief]

[metamorphesque]

— Anna Akhmatova, The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova

[text ID: What is lurking in the mirror? / Grief.]

[feral-ballad]

Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can feel. You learn how much grief is about language, the failure of language and the grasping for language.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, from Notes on Grief

[dionysian-mystery]

[thepowerwithin]

Take a moment to appreciate all that you are, have been, and who you are to become. You have come so far, have learned so much, and have done so well. Yet, you have so much distance to travel forward, so much left to experience and marvel. You’ve done a magnificent job, but get ready because there’s still so much more for you.

Nicole Addison @thepowerwithin

[expelliarmus]

[mack-will]

Ms. Marvel | S01E02

[deadithurts]

andrew garfield saying, “i hope this grief stays with me because it’s all the unexpressed love that i didn’t get to tell her” about his mothers passing is so gut wrenchingly beautiful because we rarely talk about the love we want to express but can’t, not because you’re not brave enough to say it out loud but because they’re not here to listen to it anymore. calling grief the love you never had the chance to share makes it less of a burden and more of something you want to keep and not something terrible you want to move on from. i love love how everything about grief always comes down to “what is grief if not love persevering?”

[family-trauma]

Ahhh yes, I can say that I am facing atleast half of the symptoms mentioned above. Specifically the last one. I've recently been thinking I'm having a "mid-life" crisis, but guess it's not anything to do with that at all.

I'm just tired of being tired all the time - I am tired of the drama, lies and manipulation that come along with fake people.

[akindplace]

There is no shame it admitting you felt hurt or humiliated when someone crossed the line with you. There is no need to be afraid making people angry by setting boundaries. If they do get angry, it's not your fault.

They are angry because they believe they have a right to infringe those boundaries whenever they want, and they don't want you to stand up for yourself. They want things their way, where they can do or say whatever they want, then call you dramatic and be dismissive when you get hurt.

If they make the situation about themselves, you should probably be careful around them: they care only about themselves, and they probably don't get the concept of boundaries and won't fully respect yours.

[family-trauma]

This is pain on another level. Trying to recover from this takes a long while since its unlearning the pain and relearning that it was them all along and not you the whole time!

[amargedom]

“Memories and thoughts age, just as people do. But certain thoughts can never age, and certain memories can never fade.”

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[natasharomanovf]

ETERNALS + COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS

[amargedom]

“Learn to be alone and to like it. There is nothing more freeing and empowering than learning to like your own company.”

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[pottersource]

Daniel Radcliffe in Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

[amargedom]

““So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.””

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[amargedom]

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”

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