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latin phrases worth knowing:

(in case you wanted to know because i fucking love this language) 

ad astra per aspera - to the stars through difficulties 

alis volat propriis - he flies by his own wings 

amantium irae amoris integratio est - the quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love 

ars longa, vita brevis - art is long, life is short 

aut insanity homo, aut versus facit - the fellow is either mad or he is composing verses 

dum spiro spero - while I breathe, I hope 

ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem - with the sword, she seeks peace under liberty 

exigo a me non ut optimus par sim sed ut malis melior - I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better than the bad

experiential docet - experience teaches 

helluo librorum - a glutton for books (bookworm) 

in libras libertas - in books, freedom 

littera scripta manet - the written letter lasts 

mens regnum bona possidet - an honest heart is a kingdom in itself 

mirabile dictu - wonderful to say 

nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit - there is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part 

omnia iam fient quae posse negabam - everything which I used to say could not happen, will happen now 

poeta nascitur, non fit - the poet is born, not made 

qui dedit benificium taceat; narrat qui accepit - let him who has done a good deed be silent; let him who has received it tell it 

saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit - often, it is not advantageous to know what will be 

sedit qui timuit ne non succederet - he who feared he would not succeed sat still 

si vis pacem, para bellum - if you want peace, prepare for war 

struit insidias lacrimis cum feminia plorat - when a woman weeps, she is setting traps with her tears 

sub rosa - under the rose 

trahimir omnes laudis studio - we are led on by our eagerness for praise

urbem latericium invenit, marmoream reliquit - he found the city a city of bricks; he left it a city of marble 

ut incepit fidelis sic permanet - as loyal as she began, so she remains

[speaknow]

“Taylor Swift stars on the cover of the new edition of Music Week, and the planet’s biggest star is here to talk business and music in an unmissable interview. Swift released her seventh album Lover earlier this year, and she sat down with us to chart her story so far and talk all things music industry, from her early days in Nashville, to her groundbreaking deal with Republic. Plus, Universal Music chairman & CEO David Joseph and Republic CEO Monte Lipman attempt to define the magic that makes Swift a pop phenomenon.”

[holygraund]

It’s like wind in a tree, it sways you a bit, but it doesn’t knock the tree down. The tree being myself, metaphorically. I’m the tree.

[holygraund]

can i go where you go?

[jonismitchell-deactivated202410]

lover parallels || false god & afterglow

[taylorselenaswift]

fun fact: if you start listening to Lover at 6:15:37 am, you will hear “damn, it’s 7am” when the clock strikes 7

[becandtay-deactivated20230527]

THIS IS A FUN FACT

[folksyswift]

“Have enough courage to trust love one more time, and always one more time.”

— Maya Angelou (via naturaekos)

[dreyblr]

Im disappointed at the lack of us dates this is uncool taylor

Sorry but this is what international fans have been feeling for so so so so so so long and often criticized for speaking up about it. Sorry. I’m truly sorry that Taylor announced two places in the US, but honestly she toured the entire United States for the reputation tour with often several concerts in the same cities. Fans have been so so so so privileged there for having so many dates and so many fans took it for granted. Honestly, the first time I was able to see her I had to drive 5 hours from home into another country, to pay for gas, to pay for a room, to pay for food and to pay for the ticket. And I was so privileged to be able to do it. And when I spent my year in DC I truly saw the difference. It hit me right in the face. First off you get all of the information before the rest of the world because well you’re usually awake when anything happens. You’re able to attend/watch special tv shows/awards. You’ve got such cheap merch with very cheap shipping fees and no customs fees. You get to see Taylor perform in your cities or close by your home — for most of you. You speak the same language as her and you don’t need to use a dictionary/work hard to understand her instantly. I don’t know I just feel like some fans in the USA took everything for granted and criticized international fans for speaking up but when one (1) thing that we’ve been used to for years happens to you it’s the end of the world and we — international fans — are mean for not supporting you. Sorry but it’s a lot. There are still fans out there in Asia, in Middle East, in Australia, in Africa and in South America who dare to hope for a show there. They dare to hope yes and yet they’re still happy for everyone even if they don’t get to attend (yet). Yes I’m sad for fans living in the middle of the USA or the ones who can’t afford traveling, because yes it’s frustrating, but it’s like this everywhere. We are thousands of fans in the same shoes as you worldwide. Except that it has been like this for us since forever. And no it’s not uncool from Taylor. She reads what we think online and she realized that international fans deserved better so yes she is having a lot of international tour dates so this is very cool Taylor THANK YOU

[shyswiftiesara]

Just imagine the festival filled with all the swiftie costumes. It will be glorious

[mmytearsricochet]

[dreyblr]

RED x DAYLIGHT ON PIANO

[jaylor]

[tswiftnz]

[paths-of-my-childhood-candid]

Taylor taking a very important dramatic break while performing “The Man” tonight in Paris (September 9th 2019) (X)

[butiknewyou]

one of my favorite things on the album is the equality in the relationship in different ways that she shows through parallels

“you’ll save all your dirtiest jokes for me/and at every table i’ll save you a seat”

“i am an architect, i’m drawing up the plans, it’s like i’m 17 nobody understands” / “he’s so obsessed with me and boy i understand“

“you know i had a long night”/”i know you had a long night”

“i waited my whole life”/”you waited your whole life”

“i love a london boy” / “he likes my american smile”

“i can’t talk to you when you’re like this”/”you can’t talk to me when i’m like this”

“i’m new york city”/”you’re the west village”

“i still do it for you, babe”/”you still do it for me, babe”

“i’m the only one of me, baby that’s the fun of me”/”you’re the only one of you, baby that’s the fun of you”

“maybe you ran with the wolves and refused to settle down/maybe i’ve stormed out of every single room in this town”

i love it because i feel like on taylor’s earlier albums, a lot of the times she would describe her relationships as her being more into them, or she was the crazy one, or the other way around. she doesn’t have that many songs where she describes a relationship as being on equal footing, but now we have a whole album full of them, and it’s good to know her relationship is so balanced

[romanticslovers-blog]

“What is great when Taylor Swift, and she is f**king amazing with her fans, does these listening parties and brings fans to the house, the involvement of the fans is never ending. Nobody knows better than these people. So I’m always looking for clever and different ways to involve them and feel like they’re included in the whole creative.”

— Louis Tomlinson for Forbes Magazine (x)

[tshifty]

ok ive said this before but i want to say it again like

in daylight when taylor says “i want to be defined by the things that i love. not the things i hate, not the things i’m afraid of, the things that haunt me in the middle of the night” 

how in the lyric book it only says “not the things im afraid of” once but on the track it says it twice, it kind of jumps like there was a mistake it’s like “not the things im afraid of -im afraid of” 

and i would bet that was a way to show that like, making mistakes is something she is afraid of, having little error or blips or whatever and she’s saying you know im not afraid of that anymore. she is absolutely a perfectionist so like to have that on the album that way is just her way of going yeah that doesnt define me anymore.