Monet's Garden, Giverny, France ( via )
“You read something which you thought only happened to you, and you discover that it happened 100 years ago to Dostoyevsky. This is a very great liberation for the suffering, struggling person, who always thinks that he is alone. This is why art is important. Art would not be important if life were not important, and life is important.”
— James Baldwin, Conversations with James Baldwin
just some fluff to ease your Monday blues
“If not for the hastily cast silencing charm, all of Hogwarts would have heard the anguished wail that ripped from the man’s throat. A sound so visceral in it’s nature, that Hogwarts herself being the only witness to the cries- her very foundation shook, her stone walls groaning in protest as she too grieved a long side him, as a conviction, a perception built on old wounds not yet healed, shattered before the man’s feet. Harry, was not James.” -Snape seeing the parallels between him and Harry.
Professor Snape always told himself he'd never be one of the foolish, shallow dunderheads more concerned with their looks than their brains. He'd come to terms with his less-than-alluring appearance, neglected teeth included, early on in life, and decided to focus on what really mattered - knowledge.
But even if he liked to think himself above vanity-induced low self-esteem… he still dreaded the yearly Picture Day.
"What's your attitude to life? When you meet somebody, what's your attitude to them?"
"I don't like them."
Based from this (iconic) Bob Dylan interview