Julian "Jules" Underwood Drama and Theatre Production OC for breakingpointrp Written by Kendall. They/them follows from scientistredacted
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“I feel unspeakably lonely. And I feel - drained. It is a blank state of mind and soul I cannot describe to you as I think it would not make any difference. Also it is a very private feeling I have - that of melting into a perpetual nervous breakdown. I am often questioning myself what I further want to do, who I further wish to be; which parts of me, exactly, are still functioning properly.”
— A Self-Portrait in Letters, Anne Sexton (via vilicity)
imagining moving in with a lover and mixing my books with their books in our bookshelves... might faint
You can’t betray yourself too often, or you become somebody else.
Ed Harris (via quotemadness)
Why can’t people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?
David Baldacci, The Camel Club (via wordsnquotes)
“Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself.”
Moreau, Jeanne (via inkletters)
yeah libraries are cool but have you ever found a library with a secret doorway disguised as a bookshelf that leads to a smaller, hidden library filled with ancient books full of mysteries and forgotten knowledge? me neither and i'm sad about it
Writers aren’t people exactly. Or, if they’re any good, they’re a whole lot of people trying so hard to be one person.
F. Scott Fitzgerald (via iamfawad)
An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in their understanding of things.
Bryant McGill (via mysimplereminders)
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
Ernest Hemingway, The Garden of Eden (via booksqouted)
Writing is my obsession, my passion. My relationship with it is one of the most complex and agonizing and richly vexing that I have in my life.
Julianna Baggott (via wordsnquotes)
You know what I need? I need someone to translate five pages of archaic Latin. Obviously, that’s not gonna happen anytime soon.
The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.‘
Anais Nin (via wnq-writers)
proofreading my own writing like wow. u sure do love those commas, buddy. what if u tried to cool it with all those commas, pal. all those run-ons, friend. why don’t you tone it down, my guy
We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling itself stories.
Jonathan Gottschall, The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human (via wordsnquotes)