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shipcestuous · 8 months

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Remember that time Richard Papin — who’s default setting is being a disaster bisexual who thinks all of his friends are hot and enviable — admitted he was a bit turned on by the idea of the Macaulays’ relationship?

“You must have had some idea [about Charles and Camilla’s relationship].”

“No,” I said, though actually I had, from the time I’d first met them. I’d attributed this to my own mental perversity, some degenerate vagary of thought, a projection of my own desire because he was her brother, and they did look an awful lot alike, and the thought of them together brought, along with the predictable twinges of envy, scruple, surprise, another very much sharper one of excitement.

#submission #and in that moment we were all richard #azdaema #asks #nr #the secret history #camilla and charles #camilla and charles: quotes #noiv

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averagepretentiousreader · 9 months

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Life is short. Drink another coffee. Read another book. Listen to your favourite song again. Hug your mom. Laugh. Cry. Dance in the rain. Push your friend off a cliff because of a milkshake.

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jackxo · 25 days

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𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕾𝖊𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖙 𝕳𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖞 🏛️

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henrywinterswife · 11 months

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practically every character in The Secret History played a role of someone that they were not.

richard and bunny played themselves as rich, when in fact they were poor.

charles and camilla played themselves as pure, when in fact they were weaved with immorality.

francis played himself as cool, when in fact he was an anxious mess.

henry played himself as intellectual, when in fact he was blinded by his own stupidity, wealth, and ego.

julian played himself as a father figure, aiding to the care and minds of the Greek students, when in fact he was conniving and egocentric, swept away by his own gain, unlike a true father.

mrs corcoran played herself as a victim and sorrowful mother of a lost child, when in fact she only cared about her own appearance in front of the camera.

hell, even dr roland played himself as a psychologically-forward man, deep in intellect, when in fact he was nearing dementia and a complete gobble of a man.

i mean, gosh, this theme plays out so grandly. putting up a front and hiding your real self. whether for gain or by self consciousness.

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21stcenturyroyals · 1 month

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What do you think about the King?

#royaltyedit #incorrect royal quotes #2024 #season 24 #march 2024 #king charles iii #tim laurence #duchess sophie #prince edward #mike tindall #zara tindall #queen camilla #princess anne #prince william #british royal family

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praisethelorde · 1 month

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I love how literally every girl on campus wanted Richard except for the girl he actually wanted (Camilla).

#the secret history #tsh #tsh donna tartt #donna tartt #richard papen #francis abernathy #henry winter #charles macaulay #camilla macaulay #bunny corcoran #judy poovey #books #aesthetic #dark academia #dark acadamia aesthetic #dark acadamia quotes #chaotic academia #chaotic acadmeia quotes #chaotic academic aesthetic

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twinkpeaked · 1 year

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when i say i’m just like richard papen i mean it because i too would tell a story where i’m an innocent saint and leave the part where i was a manipulative murderer

#richard papen #the secret history #tsh #donna tartt #camilla macaulay #charles macaulay #julian morrow #henry winter #francis abernathy #the twins #bunny corcoran #book quotes #lgbt books

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minyooon3012 · 3 months

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I’m reading the secret history and one thing I loved was Bunny talking about Henry being, like, murderous or smth and Richard thinking they were a gay couple I’m WHEEZING

#the secret history #henry winter #richard papen #bunny corcoran #francis abernathy #camilla macaulay #charles macaulay #books and reading #dark academia #incorrect quotes #it’s is so funny istg #Richard we know you had a gay moment cmon

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chaoss-incarnate · 10 months

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*talking about killing a man*

francis: yes, such a shame, i feel bad

henry: of course, but i don't feel so bad that i want to take responsibility for it

francis: oh of course *chugs whiskey* not that bad at all

#honestly written like I've done it #it seems like an incorrect quote #BUT IT ISN'T #that's literally how it went down #chaotic academia #dark academia #the secret history #henry winter #richard papen #bunny corcoran #francis abernathy #charles macaulay #camilla macaulay

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g4rdensofb4bylon · 3 months

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am i a person or am i just a bunch of quotes from the secret history glued together?

#the latter honestly #the secret history #donna tartt #tsh #richard papen #camilla macaulay #francis abernathy #henry winter #charles macaulay #bunny corcoran #edmund corcoran #julian morrow #dark academia #chaotic academia #dark academia books #book quotes #idk #cubitum eamus #beauty is terror

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welivetodream · 4 months

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Camilla: If I fall…

Charles: I’ll be there to catch you.

Francis: *looks at Richard* What if I fall?

Richard: Then I’ll fall with you, never leaving your side.

Bunny : *watches these two interactions*

Bunny, to Henry: And if I fall?

Henry: I’ll be the one who pushed you.

#dark academia #the secret history #chaotic academia #donna tartt #tsh #henry winter #richard papen #charles macaulay #camilla macaulay #franics abernathy #bunny concoran #tsh memes #incorrct quotes

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poeticabomination · 1 month

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Francis: Richard, I'm sad.

Richard: *Holds out arms for a hug* It's going to be okay.

Bunny: Henry, I'm sad.

Henry, nodding: mood.

#tsh incorrect quotes #the secret history incorrect quotes #the secret history #donna tartt #henry winter #camilla macaulay #charles macaulay #francis abernathy #bunny corcoran #dark academia #richard papen #julian morrow

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0bsessiv3s0ul · 6 months

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"Does such a thing as "The Fatal Flaw", that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside Literature? I used to think it didn't. Now I think it does. And I think mine is this: A morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs."

- The Secret History, Donna Tartt

#the secret history #dark academia #books #donna tartt #henry winter #francis abernathy #richard papen #autumn #bunny corcoran #camilla macaulay #charles macaulay #dark acadamia aesthetic #dark academia books #book aesthetic #if we were villains #quotes #book quotes

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miroana · 10 months

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“It is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially” (Tartt, 31).

I am absolutely fascinated by the fame and reverence this quote from the Secret History has achieved. It terrifies me. Let me explain.

Who’s line is this? Oh, yes. Professor Julian Morrow. Julian, in his lecture on how death begets beauty, on how Dionysian madness lends immortality. Julian, who isolates the greek class, buries them in the glories of the past and in their privilege, and submerges them beneath illusions until his students can’t tell right from wrong and real from imagined.

These words are satire. This is NOT a lesson any teacher should impart, and should NOT be beloved and relatable. In one sentence, Donna Tartt summarizes the entire cautionary tale of the novel: the selective, warped, and obsessive view on life the greek class held, born from entitlement and cultivated by Julian, led the students to tear themselves to pieces.

What’s more, the way people quote it all the time makes this line all the more haunting. Widespread parroting of Julian’s teachings only reinforces Donna’s themes: human minds are easily manipulatable, it can be hard to think critically about what you are taught and what you read, and that the easy, self-assured conviction belonging to the reader that, “I, personally, would have behaved differently than Henry, Richard, Francis, Camilla, Charles, and Bunny” is nothing but another illusion.