numb in this kingdom;

— and death i think is no parenthesis

[wulfhalls]

18.05.2017

[maximura]

ice road | original photography by paul morris

[dreamsuggestion-deactivated2019]

you blink and and stardust falls from your lashes

[thebookmarkedone]

what a strange constellation they all were

[meraudurs]

The mere fact that they were still there on either side of him, speaking bracing words of comfort, not shrinking from him as though he were contaminated or dangerous, was worth more than he could ever tell them.

[quadlutz-deactivated20190102]

day 0193840293 and i still can’t believe the way adam and gansey met is so much the intro to a low-budget porno

“i see your car broke down… want some help?”

“why don’t you… show me what to do. i’ve never learned… the proper use of tools”

[showkis]

moodboard for karyl @softjm 💗

[westfalls]

biblioclub challenge: favourite quote (the raven cycle)

He danced on the knife’s edge between awareness and sleep. When he dreamt like this, he was a king. The world was his to bend. His to burn.

[cidham]

amir khusrow (1253–1325 CE)

[juniqs-blog]

this changed my life

[gaydine-ross]

this was written before the printing press was invented and it still sounds like a modern day shitpost

[fleur]

literature aesthetics:                 inej ghafa ; six of crows

“the heart is an arrow. it demands aim to land true. ”  [x]

[elvndork]

“Among them, it passed for ‘good luck.”    ― Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo 

[shrinemaidens]

EAST ASIAN MYTHOLOGY MEME:

[3/6] LEGENDARY CREATURES | SANZUWU

The three-legged crow is a creature found in various mythologies of Asia, Asia Minor and North Africa. It is believed by many cultures to inhabit and represent the sun. In Chinese mythology and culture, the three-legged crow is called the Sanzuwu (三足烏).

The most popular depiction and myth of a Sanzuwu is that of a sun crow called the Jīnwū, or “golden crow”. According to folklore, there were originally ten sun crows which settled in 10 separate suns. They perched on a red mulberry tree called the Fusang, literally meaning the Leaning Mulberry Tree, in the East at the foot of the Valley of the Sun. This mulberry tree was said to have many mouths opening from its branches. Each day one of the sun crows would travel around the world on a carriage, driven by Xihe, the ‘mother’ of the suns. As soon as one sun crow returned, another one would set forth in its journey crossing the sky.

According to Shanhaijing, the sun crows loved eating two sorts of mythical grasses of immortality, one called the Diri, or “ground sun”, and the other the Chunsheng, or “spring grow”. The sun crows would often descend from heaven on to the earth and feast on these grasses, but Xihe did not like this thus she covered their eyes to prevent them from doing so. Folklore also held that, at around 2170 BC, all ten sun crows came out on the same day, causing the world to burn; Houyi, the celestial archer, saved the day by shooting down all but one of the sun crows.

[aelin]

i want–i know i shouldn’t stay, but i can’t–i don’t want to lose this. i don’t want to lose any of you. i don’t want to be nathaniel anymore. i want to be neil for as long as i can.

[faizhang]

BOOKS READ IN 2017: The Secret History by Donna Tartt

I suppose at one time in my life I might have had any number of stories, but now there is no other. This is the only story I will ever be able to tell.

[ultraheroin]

He was, after all, Antari.

And Antari could speak to blood. To life. To magic itself.

[poirot]

make me choose edits: Nancy wheeler or eleven // requested by @ddomhnallgleeson​​ // 4k follower celebration

“Friends don’t lie.”

[library-mermaid-blog]

People point guns at each other all the time in Ketterdam. It’s basically a handshake.