#answersthatnevercame

[soracities]

hi, can u share some of ur fave one liners from books? something that struck u most, something that has stayed with u even after a long time of first reading it. thank u :)

“A loveless world is a dead world.” (Albert Camus, The Plague)

"Once again they broke the Love Laws. That lay down who should be loved. And how. And how much." (Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things) 

“Love is not consolation. It is light.” (Simone Weil, Gravity & Grace)

“Mother, heart of my heart, truly each of us is guilty before everyone and for everyone, only people do not know it.” (Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov)

“But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human.” (Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughter House 5)

"His wedding gift, clasped round my throat. A choker of rubies, two inches wide, like an extraordinarily precious slit throat.” (Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber)

"(we are not single, we are one)" (Virginia Woolf, The Waves)

“You become responsible forever for what you’ve tamed. You’re responsible for your rose.” (Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince)

“Herakles’ gaze on him was like a gold tongue. Magma rising.” (Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red)

“She needs me. She needs me more than I need untainted hands.” (Oyinkan Braithwaite, My Sister, the Serial Killer)

“His face, which carried the entire tale of his years, was of the brown tint of Dublin streets.” (James Joyce, Dubliners)

"What good is a writer if he can’t destroy literature?” (Julio Cortázar, Hopscotch)

“At the trial of God, we will ask: why did you allow all this? And the answer will be an echo: why did you allow all this?” (Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic)

“It’s not that we have hope; we shelter it.” (John Berger, From A to X)

#this is v late so im v sorry for that! #ask #answersthatnevercame #quote compilation #book talks #kind of

[uwoossiii]

rules: you can usually tell a lot about a person by the music they listen to! put your music library on shuffle and list the first 10 songs, then tag 10 people.

1. celebrity - IU

2. 1 step forward, 3 steps back - olivia rodrigo

3. blueming - IU

4. hot sauce - nct dreams

5. rose (english version) - d.o

6. butter - bts

7. salty - the boyz

8. i'm gonna love you - d.o

9. deja vu - olivia rodrigo

10. wings - the boyz

thank u @iamsteveen for tagging me 🥺💗

tagging : @answersthatnevercame @crimsonrouge @alydorablee @geniibenii @nitderella @woesht @tem-per-ance @reallynaomi @idiotshatesarcasm @gladsventurer

[themostawesomebitch]

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Tagged by: @veiledwriter and @xsophistikated-blogger   Thank you so much  ❤   

Rules: Tag 9 people you want to get to know better.

❤ Relationship Status: Single. 👌

🖍 Favorite Color: Pink, pastel pink, anything pink, tbh. 🌸

👄 Lipstick or Chapstick: Matte lipstick 💋

🎧Last Song I Listened To: New Year’s Day by Taylor Swift 🎸

🎬Last Movie: Thor: Ragnarok ⚡

📺Top 3 TV Shows: It’s Okay That’s Love, Doctors and Shopping King Louis. 

👤Top 3 Characters: L Lawliet of Death Note, Hwa Gun of Ruler: Master of the Mask and Yoo Jung of Cheese in the Trap. 

🎙Top 3 Bands: Paramore, Hale and Silent Sanctuary. 

📕Book I’m Currently Reading: Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan.

Tagging: @answersthatnevercame @bittersweet-hiraeth @fragments-of-my-mind @dhritspoetry @gracebabcockwrites @en-la-casademiamor @mystrangesilhouettes @renaudcr7 @biatabones

P.S. You don’t have to do it, too. Just tagging you to let you know that I find you guys awesome. 😉 -Adie

#tagging game