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earlgodwin · 5 months

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"The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me." — Estella Havisham, Great Expectations.

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luciehercndale · 7 months

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2023 books - a conjuring of light by v.e. schwab (reread)

It wasn’t a good-bye, not really. What was the word for parting? Anoshe. That was it. Until another day.

#adsom #kell maresh #lila bard #holland vosijk #shades of magic #a darker shade of magic #a gathering of shadows #a conjuring of light #ve schwab #somedit #the fragile threads of power #rhy maresh #alucard emery #bookedit #fantasyedit #adsomedit #book society #lit society #my edits 3

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nalit-source · 4 months

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Wreck The Halls by Tessa Bailey

“… She was matching him beat for beat. They were the greatest song ever written.”

#nalitedit #nalitsource #nadaily #litdaily #wreck the halls #tessa bailey #melody gallard #beat dawkins #beat x melody #holiday romance #new adult lit #na lit #book society #romance books #*ours

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miriel-therindes · 2 years

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“I will do anything and everything.”

Ellington Feint for @lsnicket >>> want one?

#atwq #snicketverse #ellington feint #atwqedit #snicketverseedit #asoueedit #asoue-network #asouesource #book society #pagesblr #chaptersnet #ellington feint edit #mine #requested #moodboard #250 celebration edits

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fromdarzaitoleeza · 7 months

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Quotes by Sylvia Plath, The Journals of Sylvia Plath

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blueboyluca · 10 months

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“When I first heard it, from a dog trainer who knew her behavioral science, it was a stunning moment. I remember where I was standing, what block of Brooklyn’s streets. It was like holding a piece of polished obsidian in the hand, feeling its weight and irreducibility. And its fathomless blackness. Punishment is reinforcing to the punisher. Of course. It fit the science, and it also fit the hidden memories stored in a deeply buried, rusty lockbox inside me. The people who walked down the street arbitrarily compressing their dogs’ tracheas, to which the poor beasts could only submit in uncomprehending misery; the parents who slapped their crying toddlers for the crime of being tired or hungry: These were not aberrantly malevolent villains. They were not doing what they did because they thought it was right, or even because it worked very well. They were simply caught in the same feedback loop in which all behavior is made. Their spasms of delivering small torments relieved their frustration and gave the impression of momentum toward a solution. Most potently, it immediately stopped the behavior. No matter that the effect probably won’t last: the reinforcer—the silence or the cessation of the annoyance—was exquisitely timed. Now. Boy does that feel good.”

— Melissa Holbrook Pierson, The Secret History of Kindness (2015)

#dog books #this chapter was very sad reading #when you become aware of punishment #and its use and its prevalence #it's hard not to despair #again this is why positive reinforcement feels like absolution #maybe now my eyes are open I can make up for what I did #what I did because it's what everyone does #because it's more acceptable to punish than to do anything else #I've been having so many thoughts about punishment and society and justice #this book was very validating #another great validating moment in my jumbled thoughts #was listening to the You're Wrong About episode on justice #with Amanda Knox #it helped to ease the despair a little

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the-reverii · 1 month

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@the-reverii

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anelaxoxo · 2 months

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#chaotic academia #dark academia #aesthetic #books and coffee #romanticism #literature #romantic academia #art #bookworm #dead poets society #dark acadamia aesthetic #light academia #2024 #classic academia

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poetic--elixir · 7 months

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Truth is like fire; to tell the truth means to glow and burn.

— Gustav Klimt

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noodles-and-tea · 26 days

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Back at it with my enchanted merthur shenanigans

#when Merlin goes to work #(I am undecided on what he does but I think he does have a job (probably a librarian I’d that’s not TOO cliche…))#he sets Arthur up with a bunch of history books and documentaries to try get him up to date (as much as he can)#and in the evenings they watch all Merlin’s favourite tv shows and movies #I can’t pick what kinds of movies Merlin and Arthur like #I get the feeling they both like pride and prejudice but I’m also biased #I think Arthur would like murder mysteries #ALSO If anyone’s got any fics where Merlin introduces Arthur to modern society please please PLEASE GIVE THEM TO ME #my art #bbc merlin #merlin #merlin emrys #arthur pendragon #merthur

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joytri · 1 month

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A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.

Robert Frost

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luciehercndale · 2 years

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2022 books: six of crows duology by leigh bardugo

Kaz leaned back. "What's the easiest way to steal a man's wallet?" "Knife to the throat?" asked Inej. "Gun to the back?" said Jesper. "Poison in his cup?" suggested Nina. "You're all horrible," said Matthias.

#six of crows #crooked kingdom #yaedit #litedit #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #jesper fahey #nina zenik #matthias he #wylan van eck #soc edit #the crows #bookedit #book society #litsociety #socdaily #my posts 3 #2022 books

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luciferslilith7 · 3 months

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I feel like a poorly written poem. Picture Credit ~ 📍 pinterest

@luciferslilith7

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deadlypoetacademia · 16 days

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I am just a simple girl, take me to a bookstore and I will tell you about each book I have read, about my tbr, about the genres, and will probably give you 100+ recommendations even if you haven't asked for.

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fromdarzaitoleeza · 8 months

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Jane Austen, Persuasion

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flowersforfrancis · 9 months

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I dread the end of winter.

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