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F. Scott Fitzgerald, Short Stories

#april #quotes #f scott fitzgerald #words words words #writing

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Overwhelmed by how much I love these two

#yeah Marcellus really is the third wheel in the relationship #and i love him for it lol #hamlet #tragic danish boyfriends

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Your skull is actually the most impressive skull I've ever seen.

#this is just the graveyard scene in hamlet tbh #alas poor yorick #hamlet

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'Hamlet, Prince of Denmark' illustrated by John Austen, 1922

#shakespeare #hamlet #illustration #art

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to begin with, the sweet grass by mary oliver, from “devotions”

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I don't know who needs to hear this, but you're still a writer even if you didn't write anything "good" today. Your own (probably warped) perception of the quality of your writing does not indicate how worthy of being a writer you are. You can hate every single word you wrote today and still be a writer. You don't even have to have written anything today (or even recently) to be considered a writer

#(i'm the one who needs to hear this) #writing #writers #writeblr #writers on tumblr

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You can only reblog this today.

#happy Mario day :)

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Franz Kafka, Letters to Felice

#quotes #literature #franz kafka #kafka #words words words #writing #kafkaesque

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The constant push-and-pull between "omg I want to write so badly I can't breathe" and "omg every single word I write is trash and I'm probably going to be in writer's block for the rest of eternity" is something that should be studied because damn

#its tearing me apart #send help #the perils of being a writer #writers #writing #writeblr #writers and poets #writers on tumblr

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I've just had a seminar on the Merchant of Venice and I have come to the conclusion that every single character besides Shylock is insufferable enough to be an influencer in the modern adaptation.

#oh yeah this is totally true #I am a proud Shylock defender lol

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listening to music i listened to when i was 14 makes me realise im still the same person but taller & with a rare esoteric wisdom that can only be gained through suffering

#true #(except I’m not that much taller)

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thinking about the fact that we never get anything about hamlet’s past at wittenberg except through sparse lines from other characters. as I’ve said before, wittenberg represents a contrast to elsinore - freedom as opposed to a prison. his education and philosophy are such an important part of his story and yet the only time we get any mention of it is either from his banter with horatio or the king and queen telling him to go back. in fact, we get much more about hamlet’s life before wittenberg. we get the queen referring to ros and guil as hamlet’s closest friends despite the fact that he is obviously closer to horatio. we get constant mention of hamlet’s father and his family life before wittenberg. we get ophelia, who hamlet presumably met before wittenberg (and loved that version of him). and wittenberg is freedom compared to elsinore’s prison. all of hamlet’s new self that he built away from his family is slowly chipped away by his father, his mother, and his uncle. “why, what a king is this?” it’s the king hamlet was supposed to be. it’s the king he almost had the freedom to not turn into.

#hamlet #shakespeare

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Mary Oliver, I Worried

#mary oliver #poetry #poems #words words words #quotes #writing

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through gritted teeth: it doesn't have to be good, it just has to be written. it doesn't have to be good, it just has to be written. it doesn't have to be good

#writing #a reminder

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Ok, so a while ago I was watching Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and I noticed something super cool about the scene where Lupin and Harry are talking on the bridge. It's a genius bit of staging and I applaud whoever it was that thought of it.

The scene starts with Harry and Lupin discussing why Lupin didn't let Harry fight the boggart in class. During this part of the scene (where they are talking about a recent/current event), they are both standing next to each other on the same side of the bridge. Harry explains that when the dementors get near him, he thinks he's hearing his mother's last moments and Lupin tells Harry he recognized him on the train from his mother's eyes. After this, Lupin says, "Oh yes, I knew her."

The moment he says this line, he moves away from Harry to the other side of the bridge. There, he talks about his memories of Lily and James, which are memories from the past. He mentions James' talent for trouble and says, "A talent, rumour has it, he passed on to you."

And while he says this line, he crosses back over the bridge to the side where Harry is standing, going from the past back into the present.

#it's just so brilliant #i can't stop thinking about it #Harry Potter #POA #film analysis #prisoner of azkaban #hp #harry james potter #remus lupin

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You have to be a little bit insane if you're going to be a writer

#so true #writing

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Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

#quotes #literature #jane austen #mansfield park #words words words #writing #memories #prose