So I noticed something about the stories in Sweet Sorrows.
The first and the last are about the pirate and the girl, the ancient love story (Once, very long ago…Time fell in love with Fate). Then there’s the Acolyte. The Zachary, the son of the fortune-teller, and the main narrator when the book is in the present (and the only one for this section of it). Then the dollhouse (something someone else mentioned was a little like a constantly growing Harbor itself, and which comes back when the bees do.). Then the Guardian story, which includes Dorian. Then our introduction to Elenore, then the inhabitants of Harbors (people like and including Allegra), then the Keepers (Now there is only one), then Simon, the man lost in time.
Introducing us to the main players. So I wonder, what if the Acolyte who sang the full month was Rhyme?
I would love to read all of their POVs.
I would KILL to read TSH from Bunny’s POV. It would make for the perfect Greek tragedy and a killer thriller. Imagine reading his descent into insanity and paranoia. Imagine Italy from his perspective; his secret, almost sinful confessions to Julian; his pillow talks with Marion. I want to feel Henry’s betrayal and Bunny’s unease. I would eat that shit UP
something about doors is so magical like stories with doors leading to magical secret places or hidden world is SO GOOD I live for them like the chronicles of narnia, alice in wonderland, the starless sea, the ten thousand doors of january, daughter of smoke and bone, coraline, barbie and the secret door, monsters inc, the secret garden I Just LOVE DOORS
richard papen choosing to almost freeze to death rather than asking for help was the most relatable thing he ever did. in this essay i will
"And you became like the coffee, in the deliciousness, and the bitterness and the addiction".
-Mahmoud Darwish
thinking about how henry is so superstitious that he put out a saucer of milk on his porch at night to ward away evil spirits. bro must’ve not realized that he is the evil spirit 😭
Ppl who had time for romance in high school we are so different. i was busy fighting for my life in my head
Sometimes I think about how different some books would be if they had been written by other authors.
For instance, if sylvia plath had written tsh it would've been in camilla's pov and everything would have been so much more unhinged. We'd get more of bunny's daddy issues and francis would've tried committing suicide back when henry told him he liked gucci.
I want to live in my books I want to live in my books I want to live in my books I want to live in my books I want to live in my books I want to live in my books I want to live in my books I want to live in my books I want to live in my books I want to live in my books I want to live in my books I want to live in my books I want to live in my books I want to live in my books I want to live in my books I want to live in my books I want to live in my books I want to live in my books I want to live in my books I want to live in my books
oh, I love it and hate it at the same time
you & I drink the poison from the same vine
oh, I love it and hate it at the same time
hidin' all of our sins from the daylight
— David Kushner, from Daylight
I'm waiting for both.
Screw waiting for my Hogwarts letter, I’m waiting for my door to the Starless Sea.