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Men and women may all merely be players on this stage

But I for one am desperate to abandon this tired script

Shrieking at the sun and moon til its written on the page

You picked the perfect time of year to bury me in the crypt

#fiona apple #whimsigoth #situationships

A explicitly abusive version of [King Lear] robs us of our ability to feel for Lear. But an explicitly sympathetic Lear robs us of the ability to feel for his daughters. So I think the best version of Lear is exactly the one that Shakespeare wrote: ambiguous. It's the only version in which each character is frustratingly, but fascinatingly, complex. Cordelia loves her tyrannical and mercurial father, but she can't bring herself to say it. It's a paradox- and a question- so rich and sad that Shakespeare required a whole play to explore it.

Jillian Keenan, Sex with Shakespeare: Here's Much to Do with Pain, but More with Love

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The Sea Hath its Pearls by William Henry Margetson - 1897

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the dream

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unfortunately if you are an old friend of mine i will always care about you no matter what even if we haven't seen each other in forever because i still remember what you were like 7 years ago and i still remember how it felt to be young with you and i still have a lot of love for you in the back of my mind

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— Arabelle Sicardi, from “The Year in Ugliness.”

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I've destroyed my trust in other people, while I've found that my love for those who have hurt me is something unkillable.

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— Louise Glück, from “Timor Mortis.”

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky // Alanis Morissette

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Taylor Swift performs onstage during “The Eras Tour” at Raymond James Stadium on April 13, 2023 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Octavio Jones/TAS23/Getty Images for for TAS Rights Management)