I loved to sleep with the window open. Rainy nights were the best of all: I would open the window and put my head on the pillow and close my eyes and feel the wind on my face and listen to the trees sway and creak.
Neil Gaiman (via nathanbrake)
Tag: inspiration
psithurism
(noun) A word with Ancient Greek origins, psithurism is defined as the rustling whispers of the trees in a windy, autumn day, or the melodic swooshes from the leaves on the ground.
- etyomology: psithuros = whispering
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i am made of darkness, but with you – i see stars.
you help me see. // V.R. (via neiljosthn)
ancient greek word of the day: συναστρέω (sunastreō), to be born under the same star
literally one of my favorite romance tropes of all time is character a is a really notorious gang leader/well known feared ruler of some kind etc and no one dares cross them or talk back to them etc because they won’t make it out alive but character b can literally get away with saying whatever they want and everyone knows it’s because they have character a wrapped around their finger and character a is gentle with character b and everyone wouldn’t dare laying a finger on character b because then character a would literally chop their head off
A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.
Coco Chanel, The Gospel According to Coco Chanel: Life Lessons from the World’s Most Elegant Woman
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It takes a special someone to see darkness inside of someone and not condemn them.
Imagine this:
Instead of waiting in her tower, Rapunzel slices off her long, golden hair with a carving knife, and then uses it to climb down to freedom.
Just as she’s about to take the poison apple, Snow White sees the familiar wicked glow in the old lady’s eyes, and slashes the evil queen’s throat with a pair of sewing scissors.
Cinderella refuses everything but the glass slippers from her fairy godmother, crushes her stepmother’s windpipe under her heel, and the Prince falls madly in love with the mysterious girl who dons rags and blood-stained slippers.Imagine this:
Persephone goes adventuring with weapons hidden under her dress.
Persephone climbs into the gaping chasm.
Or, Persephone uses her hands to carve a hole down to hell.
In none of these versions is Persephone’s body violated unless she asks Hades to hold her down with his horse-whips.
Not once does she hold out on eating the pomegranate, instead biting into it eagerly and relishing the juice running down her chin, staining it red.
In some of the stories, Hades never appears and Persephone rules the underworld with a crown of her own making.
In all of them, it is widely known that the name Persephone means Bringer of Destruction.Imagine this:
Red Riding Hood marches from her grandmother’s house with a bloody wolf pelt.
Medusa rights the wrongs that have been done to her.
Eurydice breaks every muscle in her arms climbing out of the land of the dead.Imagine this:
Girls are allowed to think dark thoughts, and be dark things.Imagine this:
Instead of the dragon, it’s the princess with claws and fiery breath
who smashes her way from the confines of her castle
and swallows men whole.
‘Reinventing Rescuing,’ theappleppielifestyle. (via theappleppielifestyle)
emotionally cold character: i don’t do relationships
pure cinnamon roll character: *exists*
emotionally cold character: shit
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