In The Silence

I'm a writer who doesn't write enough and I'm working hard to change that. This is a blog for the English lover. Quotes, stories, poetry of mine as well as many others. So, please get comfy and enjoy; feel free to let me know what you think as well. ~Aurora

[quotespile]

“For the rest of my life, I will live with my hands outstretched for things that are no longer there.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief

[undinesea]

A nightly thought of day we darkly reach.

Fernando Pessoa, from Sonnet XIV

[havingapoemwithyou]

poem by Langston Hughes

[petaltexturedskies]

There is a theory that watching unbearable stories about other people lost in grief and rage is good for you—may cleanse you of your darkness. Do you want to go down to the pits of yourself all alone? Not much. What if an actor could do it for you? Isn't that why they are called actors? They act for you. You sacrifice them to action. And this sacrifice is a mode of deepest intimacy of you with your own life.

Anne Carson, from Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides; Tragedy: A Curious Art Form

[thirdity]

“Today’s society is no longer Foucault’s disciplinary world of hospitals, madhouses, prisons, barracks, and factories. It has long been replaced by another regime, namely a society of fitness studios, office towers, banks, airports, shopping malls, and genetic laboratories. Twenty-first-century society is no longer a disciplinary society, but rather an achievement society. Also, its inhabitants are no longer “obedience-subjects” but “achievement-subjects.” They are entrepreneurs of themselves.”

— Byung-chul Han, The Burnout Society

[vexheart]

[asvpfrenchy]

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[4eternal-life]

“I searched for you […] every night as I lay sleeping.”

— Alice Notley, from “Voices,” Certain Magical Acts (Penguin Poets, 2016)

[mournfulroses]

Nikita Gill, from Your Heart is the Sea: Poems; "Your Heart is the Sea," originally published in 2018

[ptimepoet]

[philosophybits]

“A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.”

— Henry David Thoreau, Journals

[bnmxfld]

And in the silence, I suddenly understood the many ways a person can die but still be alive.

Carmen Rodrigues / 34 Pieces of You

[browndresswithwhitedots]

Every new dream has its own dance step and rhythm that you’ll have to learn if you want to partner with it.

-JONATHAN CARROLL

[what-iz-life]

Nothing hurts more than no tears coming out of your eyes but you know your heart is crying badly.

[aurorainred]

What's your take on the trend of singer/band movies that's starting? Also, on a scale of bad to fucking awful, just how terrible did you think that the movie Bohemian Rhapsody was? Extra points awarded for detail!

I have no clue how this keeps happening. Here's another message I didn't notice til for-fucking-ever later. So, I'm sorry cuz you'll probably never see this and maybe don't remember writing it. I'll start by saying I don't look at the singer/band movie trend as one that started around this time. Or, even, started back up around this time. We're about to get a (boring) Bob Dylan flick. Bob Marley's got mixed reviews. Whitney Houston's seemed to underwhelm. Hollywood loves relying on the sure thing. And for some investors, if your music sold a bunch of records then your movie will sell a bunch of tickets. They also did a show on the making of the Godfather, called the Offer. But, these safe choices limit our ability to answer or even ask the questions that enrich life. Lololol on a scale, I'm just gonna go with bad. I think Bohemian Rhapsody is a perfect example of that safe and somewhat uninspired filmmaking. And I'm genuinely disappointed because Queen is so interesting. That along with the flair of their music should've transported audiences. I don't even feel like they took chances on the feel or aesthetic of the film. We didn't do much with the vitriol at work in the music industry, we didn't seem to say much of anything about gay rights or gay feelings. It just made me want to rewatch Carol.

[half-a-corpse-half-a-poet]

-Clarice Lispector

[flowerytale]

Celeste Ng, Little Fires Everywhere

[weltenwellen]

Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies