i open at the close

you may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. that tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words. that is your role, your gift.

[graceslibrary]

[georgiefinchs]

"We have time to do everything," he said, tracing one of his fingers down the side of her face. "We have forever." Not forever, Tessa thought. They had a long, long time. A lifetime. His lifetime.

YA Lit’ Meme - [3/3] short stories, After the Bridge by Cassandra Clare

[aaronwarners-blog]

The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski

[burgesskim-deactivated20170411]

"It turned out that she did know a little Greek. A few words, that her father had picked up and taught her when he heard the army was coming. Mercy was one.”

[wigginsassisdragon]

Sau, of course, refers to pigs. In the case of Saumensch, it serves to castigate, berate, or plain humiliate a female. Saukerl (pronounced “saukairl”) is for a male.

"How about a kiss, Saumensch?”

“Saukerl.” 

[nereiids]

the secret history, donna tartt

[dreammetheworld]

[thefairyrealm]

He leaned close and I saw a different kind of fever burning in his eyes. “I’m not worried about her. An hour ago, she didn’t exist. Understand? She was nothing, literally nothing. I had you, and I had your little brother, and I had Poundcake and Dumbo. She was theirs. She belongs to them. I didn’t take her. I didn’t trick her into getting on a bus and tell her she was perfectly safe and then stuff a bomb down her throat. This isn’t my fault. It isn’t my responsibility. My job is to keep my ass and your ass alive for as long as possible, and if that means somebody else who is nothing to me dies, then I guess that’s what it means.”

“You’re wrong,” I said. He twirled his hand: Whatever. “She did belong to us. They all belong to us.” He laughed from a spot deep in his gut. “I’m kind of busted up right now. Broke. I’m broke, Sullivan.” He looked at me. “You didn’t … ?” “I couldn’t.”

[bruiselikeviolets]

the matched trilogy characters + name meanings

[readthebloodybook-deactivated20]

[asheathes]

- Swear it. - Why me? - Because you’re the r e a s o n.

[chainsaw-assassin]

doll,

servant,

pretty thing,

soldier.

[siriusorion]

HARRY POTTER CHARACTERS | luna lovegood

”The girl gave off an aura of distinct dottiness. Perhaps it was the fact that she had stuck her wand behind her left ear for safekeeping, or that she had chosen to wear a necklace of Butterbeer caps, or that she was reading a magazine upside down.”

[knightinghoul-deactivated201812]

Ari and Dante, they destroy me. they really do. son los niños que lloran sobre pajaritos and juegan con sus zapatos. los chicos que querían descubrir los secretos del universo.

[bookishscene]

Stack Green

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©What Georgie Did. All Rights Reserved.

[rencrown]

“People, particularly big men carrying big rifles, don’t expect lip from a scrawny thing like me. They always look a bit dazed when they get it.”

[tildaswinton]

[bruiselikeviolets]

diverse YA meme: 2/7 characters of color- lara jean song (to all the boys i’ve loved before)

i want to say yes, but i don’t want to be with a boy whose heart belongs to somebody else. just once, i want to be somebody else’s first choice.