NO MEN LIKE ME

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[a-quiet-green-agreement]

–John Berryman

[thronescastdaily]

I went to pick up my kid from school. I walk in and all these kids are saying, “That’s the guy who pushes kids out windows! He’s evil.”

[luthienne]

…the heart grows numb from all the blood-stained love…

Bella Akhmadulina, from The Garden; “A Summer-House Love Story” (Tr. F.D. Reeve)

[notgoing]

Anne Carson, Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides

[xshayarsha]

Gold runs in our blood.

Virginia Woolf, The Waves. (via xshayarsha)

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[a-quiet-green-agreement]

–Robert Frost

[clawmarks]

The wild beasts of the world - Frank Finn - 1909 - via Internet Archive

[phantomemes]

I HOPE THIS REACHES HER IN TIME .

poetry starters /  memes taken from r.h. sin’s work  ,  available here .  feel free to change pronouns  /  genders as need be !

“ someday someone better than you will love her in all the ways you couldn’t ” “ the truth was just an attractive lie ” “ don’t you miss who you were ? ” “ who you became took over your life ” “ you wear sadness like the latest fashion ” “ do you even remember what it felt like to be happy ? ” “ have you forgotten yourself beneath your troubles ? ” “ all of this for a heart that doesn’t deserve yours ” “ either way it all catches up to you ” “ aren’t you tired of this shit ? ” “ all you’ve felt is defeat ” “ the girl you didn’t appreciate will get tired of loving you ” “ you should’ve tried harder for her ” “ one day you’ll understand ” “ you were the thing keeping me from happiness ” “ my heart is searching for a feeling that doesn’t hurt ” “ i understand your silence ” “ you are not alone ” “ you deserve so much more than what you’ve been given ” “ you are more than just a body count ” “ we learn the hard way ” “ it’s time to free yourself ” “ it’s almost as if her soul is a pack of wolves ” “ you can miss people but you don’t have to want them back ” “ you can forgive people but you don’t have to give them second chances ” “ empty yourself of all the pain he caused you ” “ you will be ready when it is time ” “ you are not your past ” “ be here , be present , be more ” “ your story mustn’t finish ” “ i won’t judge your or criticize you for doing what you’ve done ” “ i only wish you wished for more ” “ you are more than just something to do for the moment ” “ it is you who will save yourself ” “ there are so many wars going on at night ” “ we sway like a bed of roses in the wind ” “ all i see is fake kings ” “ are we still pretending that it doesn’t hurt ? ” “ the heartache will teach you ” “ you hid yourself from the world ” “ the world betrayed you ” “ a love like yours is worth climbing the wall ”

[classic-starters]

starters from the 2011 film, THE IDES OF MARCH

“when you make a mistake, you lose the right to play.”

“you broke the only rule in politics. you can start a war, you can lie, you can cheat, you can bankrupt the country. but you can’t fuck the interns.”

“they’ll get you for that.”

“i’ll do or say anything if i believe in it.”

“society must be better than the individual.”

“i am going to go take a shit.”

“it doesn’t matter what you thought. it matters what you did. it matters what you didn’t do.”

“he’s the only one that’s actually going to make a difference in people’s lives.”

“we’re going to be fine.”

“we have to do it.”

“it’s the right thing to do and nothing bad happens when you do the right thing.”

“well, there’s exceptions to every rule.”

“there’s only one thing i value and that’s loyalty.”

“without it, you’re nothing.”

“you are working for the wrong man.”

“revenge makes people unpredictable.”

“what if i had something else?”

“he has to win.”

“that is the most valuable thing in this business. the ability to win people’s respect by making them mistake their fear for love.”

“what do you think you have?”

“how old are you?”

“i’ve been trying to fuck you for a while.”

“get out now. while you still can.”

“if you stay in this business long enough, you’re going to get jaded and cynical.”

“aren’t we friends anymore?”

“even the ones that hate you love you.”

“people are scared of you.”

“they don’t understand how you do it, and they love you for it.”

[lifeinpoetry]

The war was all over my hands.

Donika Kelly, from “I Never Figured How to Get Free,” published in Poem-a-Day (via lifeinpoetry)

[drugstoreperfumemp3]

Get back to King’s Landing. I’m not abandoning my army.

[wildlinging]

A lot of brave men have worn the white cloak. Most have been forgotten.

[heartshop]

[fallenangelzeke]

There are no bargains between lion and men. I will kill you and eat you raw.

 Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles (via fallenangelzeke)

[sheikah]

My brother, Jaime, thirsts for battle, not for power.