does that hurt, too?

#usersmeg. they/she. plenty of humans were monsterous

[marksfarrows]

there are such things as ghosts. people everywhere have always known that. and we believe in them every bit as much as homer did. only now, we call them by different names. memory. the unconscious.

[virgilean]

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

“But I have to save humanity first. Stupid humanity. Getting in the way of my hobbies.”

[virgilean]

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

“Who has the right to write about suffering?”

[baratheonpilled]

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

[dallaswinstons]

read in 2025: THE OUTSIDERS; SE HINTON

"we're almost as close as brothers; when you grow up in a tight-knit neighborhood like ours you get to know each other real well"

[alectois]

‘I’m right here. Right here. And I’m sorry. Oh, Fool, don’t die. Not in my arms. I could not live with that. Don’t die, Fool, not at my hands! [...] Beloved. Don’t die. Please don’t die.'

[facinaoris]

Not if they have ever known love.

[kosmogrl]

I'll be honest guys, life without a few little obsessions just isn't worth it

[kayleigh-days]

Did you know I've never been skiing? I'd like to try one day, though.

[shaneposting]

'he would not fucking say that' maybe he would if he knew he was starring in his very own porn fic for the sole purpose of delighting some freaks on archive of our own dot org. maybe he'd play it up for the cameras. ever consider that

[purplebass]

LILA BARD - SHADES OF MAGIC

Crime isn't that complicated. People steal because taking something gives them something. If they're not in it for the money, they're in it for control. The act of taking, of breaking the rules, makes them feel powerful. They're in it for the sheer defiance. Some people steal to stay alive, and some steal to feel alive.

[rivertigo]

I look so sexy in mirror but this stupid iphone camera can’t capture my je ne sais quoi

[emmaharwoods]

“I love you,” [Rin] said. Kitay gave her a tired smile. “I know.”

[darimdb]

THE HUNGER GAMES

I volunteer as tribute

[buffonia]

“What bound them together? Greed? Desperation? Was it the knowledge that if one or all of them disappeared tonight, no one would come looking?”

[daykevin]

❝ — did you know I've never been skiing? I'd like to try it one day, though. — ❞

[buffonia]

“I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.”

Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen