What Is The Most Devastatingly Beautiful Thing You Have Ever Read?

But I miss you most of all my darling, when autumn leaves start to fall.

APH | { Autumn. } Portugal.

Some Basic Friendship Skills

Dos

1. Talk about things that interest others, and not just things that interest you.

2. Share the conversation. Don’t talk over others, interrupt others, or seek to be the centre of attention.

3. Be interested in what other people have to say. Ask open questions, and try to find out more.

4. Notice when people do well, and make the effort to praise them for it. Try to be an affirming, and encouraging, friend.

5. Be respectful, considerate and polite. Be sensitive to the feelings of others.

6. Think before you speak. (Sometimes it’s better to say nothing than to speak your mind and upset or offend).

7. Learn how to ask for what you want and need in a non-threatening, and non-defensive way. Don’t react; and don’t pick needless arguments.

8. Try to understand the perspective of others – and don’t just assume that you are right and they are wrong.

9. Look out for others – and be a trusted friend

10. Back off, don’t dominate, and give your friends some space.

Don’ts

1. Don’t brag about what you’ve done or what you’ve got.

2. Don’t put others down.

3. Don’t judge and stereotype people.

4. Don’t take over the conversation. Let others tell their jokes, and have their say.

5. Don’t try to control other people, or to make them do what you want them to do.

6. Don’t talk, or gossip, about others.

7. Don’t make jokes at others’ expense.

8. Don’t demand perfection – allow your friends to be human, and to sometimes make mistakes.

9. Don’t be sensitive and quick to take offense.

10. Don’t be mean or stab others in the back.

2016’s Top Books

How many lists can Dan and Phil appear on? Here’s another.

1. The Harry Potter series     by J. K. Rowling 2. Percy Jackson & the Olympians     by Rick Riordan 3. The Raven Cycle series +1     by Maggie Stiefvater

4. The Mortal Instruments series     by Cassandra Clare 5. The Captive Prince Triology     by C. S. Pacat 6. A Song of Ice and Fire Series −3     by George R. R. Martin 7. A Court of Mist and Fury    by Sarah J. Maas 8. The Foxhole Court    by Nora Sakavic 9. The Amazing Book is Not on Fire −3    by Dan Howell and Phil Lester 10. Pride and Prejudice −1     by Jane Austen 11. The Throne of Glass series −1     by Sarah J Maas 12. The Trials of Apollo series     by Rick Riordan 13. Carry On     by Rainbow Rowell 14. The Warriors series +2     by Author Collective 15. Six of Crows     by Leigh Bardugo 16. The Infernal Devices series −8     by Cassandra Clare 17. The Lunar Chronicles series     by Marissa Meyer 18. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard     by Rick Riordan 19. Lady Midnight      by Cassandra Clare

20. Wreck This Journal    by Keri Smith

The number in italics indicates how many spots a title moved up or down from the previous year. Bolded titles weren’t on the list last year.

After every game, my former teammates kept asking me why Kagami-kun could jump so high. Kise-kun wondered if there was a trick to it that he could copy. Midorima-kun thought it was special training. Akashi-kun asked which higher power we bribed to get the ability, and what pentagram we used to summon it. I won’t even repeat what Aomine-kun said, because it was too stupid, even compared to Akashi-kun. The truth is, Kagami-kun gets a huge elevation bonus from his moral high ground, an advantage the Generation of Miracles will never, ever have.

Kuroko Tetsuya (via incorrectknb)

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basically, i think the general rule of thumb is: if someone REALLY wants the blood that’s inside of your body, and they’re like… a vampire, or a dracula, or some sort of mansquito, then that’s probably okay. a dracula and a mansquito are made for removing things like blood and swords from inside your body. that’s basically fine.

if something wants to get at your blood, and they’re, say, some kind of murdersaurus, or maybe a really big frog, that’s where the problems start to arise. a really frog is not made for removing blood, and your blood knows this, which is why it is so vehement about wanting to stay IN your body instead of coming out. 

unfortunately this will not deter a really big frog, because a really big frog is full of things like prizes, and value, and quite a lot of hatred, and it would REALLY rather like to replace any and all of those things with your blood, and basically by any means possible.

Muses

Who, me? Why, I’m Batman, of course!

she makes some really excellent points, and calls out all the higher-ups who were in charge of this movie, not putting the blame on the artists and actors who worked incredibly hard on the movie, like so many other reviews have done