#affectation

[idrawtooslow]

Imagine getting up every morning and saying to yourself, "Look at all these losers, going around LIKING everything. How disgusting."

[jaubaius]

Source

[blackswaneuroparedux]

nemo enim potest personam diu ferre, ficta cito in naturam suam recidunt.

Seneca

No one can wear a mask for very long; affectation soon returns to true nature.

[mesillusionssousecstasy]

Mine are honest words, madam. All courts will fall prey to affectation and deceit, often veiled as courtesy.

Samantha Shannon (The priory of the orange tree)

[poetrythreesixfive]

Affectation Nation

Young man, take off the hat,

and the bandana,

and the crazy haircut,

and the dark glasses,

and the facial hair,

and the headphones,

and the piercings,

and the jewelry,

and the tattoos—

and beneath it all,

you’re just a regular kid.

But you already knew that.

[jbk405]

I am suddenly hit with the urge to buy a swordcane.

I have no functional need for one, I have no opportunity for its use, and it probably wouldn’t even be legal to carry it....but I want one so badly!

[mecommentating]

But his vanity is so deep that he thinks affectation a sign of boorish decadence.

-Morning Star by Pierce Brown page 324

Gorgous. Gorgous line. Beautiful. Love it. Such vocab.