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Thinking about JB and Jude lately…

JB, who was Jude’s first friend. JB, who carried Jude to the college hospital when he witnessed him having an episode in their dorm.

JB, who shouted and made a scene in that same hospital until a doctor finally saw Jude - and that doctor was Andy, the only physician Jude ever allowed to care for him for the rest of life.

JB, who helped Jude move into the apartment he shared with Willem on Lispenard St. JB, who brought along his friend Richard to help that day. Richard, who later sold Jude his beautiful apartment on Green Street that Jude loved so much. Richard, who secretly looked after him more than Jude ever imagined, who at one point saved his life, and at another point reminded him his birthday was worth celebrating, when Jude himself had forgotten and his world was bleak.

JB, who envied his life, his looks, his career, his relationship (even his limp!). JB, who saw him as competition, rather than someone to pity. JB, who thought he was beautiful, who thought killing something small and adorable was worth it if it meant looking like Jude.

JB, who brought him to parties, who showered him with laughter and provocations.

JB, who asked too many questions and wanted all the answers but got none of them. JB, who then asked Harold to back off from asking all the questions and wanting all the answers as well.

JB, who captured his life in galleries, on canvas, on film. The good and the bad.

JB, who’s art invaded and celebrated and decorated. JB, who’s art froze Willem in time for him.

JB, who was Jude’s last friend. JB, who Jude resented, who Jude hated, who Jude never forgave, who Jude wanted dead.

JB, who found him at last, who put away his suits, who handed out his letters.

JB, who outlived his friends, who was left alone, with his pictures, and his paintings, and his pain.

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i am. god's little transgression. mistake. i am god's mary magdalene, his whore his prophetess. i am his doubting thomas fingering those bloody nail shaped holes. am i judas, do i betray him because he didn't love me enough i am his babylon soldier babylon conqueror I am his golden stubborn egyptian his thundering voice ten commandments and subjection to a whole feminine race. i am god's sure arrow, saul's jealousy, i am his lost sheep his lost coin his foolish virgin look at me i am his last supper not the temptation turn stones to bread no i am his take my body and drink my blood i am his resurrection his coming again his apocalypse his doom rider. look at me i am all his love and world wiping anger his destruction and his new world new creation i am his ascension and glory his war and victory his little devil all his transgressions and all his sins.

"god's sin" by Harriet

#poem #spoken word #venting #raging at god

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fatima aamer bilal, from i mother it the absence of her, iii. i am not a person that can be loved for a very long time excerpt from moony moonless sky.

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And to be saved, you bleed and bleed out; and yet he never answers you.

you live in a house of god; praying on your knees; and wonder why he never saves you.

on being unloved by god

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i want KamranHazan / HazanKamran!!

5 books(?), 3 already out, and i see what Tahereh might wanna do with Kamran next BUT for the love of GOOOD, i love KamranHazan i ship HazanKamran so deeply, my favorite part of the series is the two of them talking.

I want that.

TWK series quotes here-WHOLE LOOONG POST BTW:

NOW back to KamranHazan because i simply NEED more of them.

♥♥.

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"How does one arrive at the decision to kill God?" is such a raw fucking line holy shit

#Because every book by TJ is spectacular

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OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY-

#IM SCREAMING RN #OMG THERE IS A SEQUEL

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Front of the special cover of 'In the lives of Puppets' by TJ Klune for Dazzling bookshop

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I am obsessed with the way that 'home' has such a heavy emphasis in TJ Klune's books. It's finding a home or creating a home and having that home be your found family.

The House in the Cerulean Sea had that titular house in the sea but it became Linus's home with his magical family.

Under the Whispering Door had its tea shop where Wallace found a place to be.

In the Lives of Puppets has literal tree houses and an odd little family of robots and their human.

Green Creek found home in a pack and I could go on.

Each book is just so full of home and family and I love it.

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LILITH

By Nikki Marmery

📖 BOOK REVIEW:

Amazing new release! Beautifully divine.

A triumphantly feminist retelling of ancient creation myths in the tradition of Madeline Miller and Claire North. Lyrically rendered, this epic U.S. debut tells the story of the woman known as Adam's first wife and her fall from Paradise and quest for revenge.

Before Eve, there was Lilith. Lilith and Adam are equal and happy in the Garden of Eden. Until Adam decides Lilith should submit to his will and lie beneath him. She refuses and is banished forever from Paradise.

Demonized and sidelined, Lilith watches in fury as God creates Eve, the woman who accepts her submission. But Lilith has a secret: she has already tasted the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. Endowed with Wisdom, she knows why Asherah, God's wife and equal, the Queen of Heaven is missing. Lilith has a plan: she will rescue Eve, find Asherah, restore balance to the world, and regain her rightful place in Paradise.

If this is not the best book of 2023, I don't know what is. A bold retelling of our origin story. Lilith's story is finally told and finally heard!

Here is a link above to get the full review and my favorite quotes.

Have you read Lilith yet?!!!!

#lilith #lilithbynikkimarmery #biblical myths #etherealheroines #ancientgoddesses #ancient religion #judaic myths #mythology retellings #october releases #Instagram

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“Name one hero who was happy.”

“I’m going to be the first.” He took my palm and held it to his. “Swear it.”

“Why me?”

“Because you’re the reason. Swear it.”

“I swear it,” I said, lost in the high color of his cheeks, the flame in his eyes.

“I feel like I could eat the world raw.”

And I'm curled up here, the pain hitting my very soul. I do not think I can survive this agony. I can't gods!

#this is slowly killing me #the tears keep coming #Achilles and Patroclus #the gods suck #pain so much pain #tragic soulmates

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The Song of Achilles

My heart feels sliced clean in half. I have never read anything as heartbreaking as this. I am currently shedding tears as I write this. The Story of Achilles and Patroclus. I want to rage at the gods! The grief rose from the pages to swallow me whole. I drowned in Achilles grief. I knew he'd die but still, like Patroclus, anything but his death, anything but that. The gods do not fight fair! Why do all good things have to die young?

Their love was pure till death, till the Underworld claimed them. It was them against the world. Ten years of bloodshed and pain, –soulmates. The tragedy of their romance tears me apart.

I have not read the story of Achilles from this angle, gods the tragedy of it kills me. The beauty of it, the fragility and the brevity of it. Sweet, fleeting!

I'll need a week to recover from this pain. What am I saying, I cannot recover from this book. Never.

It is not enough for me that they find peace in the Underworld, it not enough. The helplessness of my rage is almost amusing but damn. Their love is pure. Even the Fates, the wishes of the gods could not withstand it. A love for eternity, a love made for always and forever.

#the song of achilles #madeline miller #achilles #achilles and patroclus #battle of Troy #book soulmates #unhinged #tragic romance #eternal love

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My favorite moments and quotes from "Fourth Wing" <333

#fourth wing #fourth wing fandom #fourth wing quotes #rebecca yarros #violet sorrengail #xaden riorson #Soulmates

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So we all agree we're getting dragon tattoos right?

#fourth Wing #fourth wing fandom #fourth wing art #fourth wing memes #xaden and violet #tairn #obsessed with dragons #dragons

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Y'all 🥺😭😭😭 here are some memes because I'm so obsessed!!!!!!

#fourth wing #fourth wing art #fourth wing fandom #xaden and violet #viden #soulmates

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I have no words!!!! This is my best read of June! I absolutely have no words! I cried, I laughed, my emotions were all over the place and I'm dying for the sequel. The wait is killing me. Nothing like a great epic fantasy-dragon adventure-fighting for your country and family...ahhh tears!!! Such an inspiring read. I am absolutely in love with this series. I have no doubt I'll be screaming about this series for times to come. I absolutely love it with all that is in me.

#fourth wing #rebecca yarros #violet sorrengail #xaden riorson #xadenviolet #tairn #silver one #epic fantasy #soulmates #dragons #i need a dragon tattoo asap #dragonmates #andarna

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#june 6th #cold #rainy sky #rainy mood