Robin Wright Reading Variety For American Vogue, December 1987. Photograph By Matthew Rolston.

“What pains you?” he asked one night. I breathed, looked at him and said, “You.”

because you are honest at 2am // Genefe Navilon (via theprocast)

Vane & Eleanor Memory Week, Day 3 : Favourite Quote(s) Vane: “I remember the first time I saw you. You were about 13. You’d snuck down to the beach despite Mr Scott’s rules forbidding it. A girl, that age, looking like you did. And you just walked up and down between the camps, like you owned the place. Fearless. Then you saw me watching you and you didn’t look away. Didn’t cower. You just gave me this look, this little smile, that said you refused to be afraid of me.”

Eleanor: “What the fuck are you talking about?”

Vane: “I know you. Better than your father, better than Scott. Maybe better than anyone. You don’t give a shit about money or respect. Or the things you’ve built here. I think you’re just tired of fathers telling you what to do. And so I’m offering you a life free from them. With me in that fort, you do as you like. As long as it doesn’t cross me, you’ll hear no complaints.”

Eleanor: “You know I have no choice but to say yes. But before I do, know this: you’ll sit in that fort for a while. You’ll get comfortable. And that’s the day I’m gonna push you and your men right into the fucking sea.”

Vane: “God, I missed that look.”

she was a queen with neither crown nor kingdom, the most powerful piece on the board with no moves left to make, so she overturned the table.

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the soul that was born to die for you

Sancho I, king of Leon in the north of Spain, was overthrown by rebel nobels in 958 CE. In what is likely a never-before-and-never again accusation in history, the nobles accused Sancho of being unable to rule because he was too fat. His grandmother, Queen Toda Aznar of Navarra, sought help from the Muslim caliphate Cordoba in southern Spain. Again, extremely oddly, Queen Toda asked for two things: military aid to regain the throne, and medicinal aid to “cure” her grandson’s morbid obesity. Jewish physician Hisdai ibn Shaprut put ex-king Sancho on a strict diet. Once he was slim enough to ride a horse properly, Sancho reclaimed his throne with Muslim troops’ aid. (The portrait above is probably based on his post-diet look.) In short: a king was deposed because he was too fat, and got his throne back because he lost enough weight! Truth is stranger than fiction.

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