E. Frayne

[efrayne]

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won't do harm - yes, choose a place where you won't do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine.

E.M. Forster, A Room with a View

[efrayne]

I am finally writing again...

It’s been 10 years and I’m armed with a new pseudonym and place to write, so I figured enough time had passed for me to begin posting again. 

It involves a prince trapped by his tyrant father, magic and dragons galore... No, it is not gay Rapunzel. 😂

https://archiveofourown.org/works/23248714/chapters/55668877

[efrayne]

[pelusian-deactivated20210623]

Winged Victory of Samothrace

Greek, 2nd century BC. Marble sculpture of Nike, discovered on the island of Samothrace.

Louvre Museum, Paris.

[via-appia]

Erechtheion, Acropolis, Athens, c. 5th century BC 

[efrayne]

Listen to the wind blow, down comes the night Running in the shadows, damn your love, damn your lies Break the silence, damn the dark, damn the light

Fleetwood Mac, The Chain

[efrayne]

And I'm giving in to your fever touch Let it all begin when the fire starts You're the darkness in me, Palo Santo And the memories are filling up with smoke You'll remember me and I start to choke You're the darkness in me, Palo Santo

Palo Santo, Years & Years

[efrayne]

Are we lost or is this love that I'm feeling?/ Your burning touch is something that keeps on healing/  And we can talk about it, wake me up if I'm dreaming/ Are we lost or is this love that I'm feeling?/  You stay on my mind, on my mind every night/ You stay on my mind, you're on my mind every night

On My Mind, Disciples

[efrayne]

After all, is not a real Hell better than a manufactured Heaven?

E.M. Forster, Maurice

[efrayne]

You do care a little for me, I know... but nothing to speak of, and you don't love me. I was yours once till death if you'd cared to keep me, but I'm someone else's now... and he's mine in a way that shocks you, but why don't you stop being shocked, and attend to your own happiness.

E.M. Forster, Maurice

[efrayne]

Cruelty is a gift humanity has given itself

Hannibal

[efrayne]

"I do a death dance, / I lay a snake skin…"—Anne Sexton

[efrayne]

The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

[efrayne]

What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.

Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov