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bookbuffoon · 2 months

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“Society made exceptions in matters of great beauty.”

Nathan Harris

The Sweetness of Water

#bookblr #book quote #nathan harris #the sweetness of water #the booker prize #quotes #beauty #society

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umicommons · 2 months

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That’s how them demons work. How them ghosts follow you around. Be proud you gone out and faced him straight on. Ain’t everyone brave enough for that. But you should know it ain’t gonna change nothing. You still gotta get up each morning. Still gotta settle down each night.

#the sweetness of water #nathan harris #demons

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firstfullmoon · 8 months

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Anis Mojgani, “To the Sea”

#a beautiful softness of being human trying to show someone else the color of all our threads #the specific sweetness that is the water of your voice #w #poetry #anis mojgani #the earth was made for lovers

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indigaux · 1 year

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Naomi Native depicted as Oshun, Yoruba goddess of love, beauty, and fertility

Created by A.J. Hamilton

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carnivalcarriondiscarded · 9 months

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im a simple guy! i think about puppy Barnaby. i promptly explode into bloody heart-shaped confetti

#just a little guy learning to be tall... hard work #now if yall will excuse me im gonna shove my head into boiling water #that oughta fix me #pls enjoy the additional scribbles of his Attempts #they were too important in my mind not to include #godddddd i love himmmmmmm just a little guyyyyyy #i gotta puzzle out how to draw ms beagle #ive never drawn a chicken! much less a chicken puppet!#wait no sorry that was a fucking lie #i have drawn like. 2 chickens previously In My Life. i think... i could be wrong!#ive never claimed to have a working or reliable memory <3 #scribble garnish #welcome home #welcome home puppet show #barnaby b beagle #hes just so small and sweet and immmmmm IMMMMMMM #unwell. simply unwell yes yes #there's no saving me! leave me for the vultures! allow me to live up to my url!#puppy barnaby already makes me feel as though my ribcage has been cracked open #might as well let the scavengers have a Taste. im sure im delicious!

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fourteenthz · 5 months

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Welcome home (x)

#i just think we should talk more abt this that's all so *snaps my coloring on it* LOOK AT THEM #mine #6.0 spoilers #ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #scions of the seventh dawn #alphinaud leveilleur #alisaie leveilleur #estinien wyrmblood #tataru taru #ffxiv krile #thancred waters #y'shtola rhul #g'raha tia #urianger augurelt #livingway #sleepingway #THEY ARE THERE!!1 #this might be by far one of my fav official art..#something abt the twins being sweet and the hint of wolcred just DOES IT to me.#in ways I cannot even talk abt without bursting in tears #i'm always holding all of their hands in mine btw. the “i love you guys so much” meme. if anyone cares #TATARU'S TEARS MAN....... MAN.#is this too many tags to make this no appear on the xiv tags? let's see #if i rb this again to rant more don't judge me #also *through gritted teeth* the red/cyan was too much... couldn't do it for my blue guys.... im fine

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semper-legens · 1 year

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137. The Sweetness of Water, by Nathan Harris

Owned?: No, library Page count: 417 My summary: The Civil War has ended, and the Confederacy lost. For returning soldier Caleb, who betrayed his side to save his own skin, this is defeat indeed - but relief to his parents, George and Isabelle, who thought him dead on the word of his friend. Meanwhile, newly freed brothers Prentiss and Landry try and make their way from the plantation of their birth, and find themselves in the employ of George. But all of these things come together in violence when Landry sees more than he should one night in the forest. And now all of them are fighting for a life and a freedom slowly slipping from them. My rating: 4/5 My commentary:

This book is incredibly interesting. It covers one of the more horrible times of US history, or rather the tale end of it - slavery has only just been abolished, but in this small Confederate town racist sentiment is very much on the rise, which is bad news for the newly freed black inhabitants of it. One thing I’d describe this book as is complicated; there are no easy answers to any of this, and nobody is easily categorised as a completely good person, though granted there seem to be some bad people in this world. Overall, I think the word ‘enjoyed’ doesn’t quite apply to a book with this sort of subject matter, but I think I got a lot out of it.

I’m gonna talk about characters here mostly, so let’s start with George and Isabelle. George is a white man in this town who seems to harbour no racist sentiment, seeing black brothers Prentiss and Landry and inviting them to work for him for a fair wage and giving them a place to stay. Isabelle is his wife, at first suffering from the knowledge that their son Caleb is dead, then uncertain about her place in society in this new world. In a lot of aspect, they’re pretty typical people of this era, aside from seeing the humanity of black people. One thing I thought was really cool was how authentic their voices seemed - I can believe that their points of view and dialogue were of the 1800s, and in particular Isabelle was a very sensitive view of a woman from her position, to the point where I had to keep reminding myself that this wasn’t written by a woman.

Prentiss and Landry are brothers; Landry is mute, traumatised by things that happened to him while enslaved and not particularly talkative before. Prentiss is the leader of the two and Landry’s protector, which means that it hits him far harder when Landry is murdered for seeing too much. Prentiss’ story starts out with him trying to craft a future for himself and his brother despite their situation - now, he’s barely even wanting to live. He stands up to his former enslaver when he rules Landry’s murder an accident, spitting in his face. It almost costs him his life, but by this point the reader understands, it’s about dignity and being treated like a human being, even if that costs you all.

Caleb is a traumatised young man returning from war, with a secret. He’s gay, though he doesn’t have the language to refer to himself as such, and his lover is the son of a local rich man. His lover, however, is both an asshole and a murderer. Caleb’s got to square the part of his identity that loves this objectively terrible man versus his empathy and growing relationship with Prentiss, and eventually helps Prentiss to freedom. It’s a tragic, bittersweet story, and a very worthy one.

Next up...buckle in, folks, it’s 1000+ pages of pure Poe.

#The Sweetness of Water #Nathan Harris #bookblr #book blog #book blogger #4

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queerographies · 1 year

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[La dolcezza dell'acqua][Nathan Harris]

Che cos'è la libertà? Cosa possiamo davvero scegliere rispetto a un passato incatenato a discriminazioni e ingiustizie? Quante sfumature ha l'amore? "La dolcezza dell'acqua" di Nathan Harris

La guerra di secessione è appena terminata, il Sud ha perso, in Georgia gli schiavi neri sono liberi di affrontare una nuova vita. Senza avere nulla in mano. I fratelli Prentiss e Landry, nati in schiavitù e liberati dalla proclamazione di emancipazione, girano alla ventura, con la speranza di trovare lavoro: vogliono risparmiare per dirigersi nel Nord e cercare la madre, venduta quando erano…

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#2022 #Anna Mioni #Booker Prize #fiction #La dolcezza dell&039;acqua #LGBT #LGBTQ #Narrativa #Nathan Harris #Nutrimenti #The Sweetness of Water #USA

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heartnosekid · 11 months

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fish boba 🐠🐟🐡 | source

#fish boba #boba #fish #stim #sfw #drinks #drink making #cooking #blue #orange #green #sweets #food #boiling #water #hands #utensils #straws #clear #ishy gifs #postish #mixing

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humhowellujah · 2 months

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i'm drunk off two lavender martinis what the fuck do you MEAN dan and phil went on a step by step recreation of their japan trip as a part of a HONEYMOON episode for their sims. be so fr rn be so serious please. dan howell you have 4 minutes to respond . phil, keep it up babygirl. lavender martini recipe in the tags

#2 oz vanilla vodka (i used pearl bc its cheap and good)#1 oz lemon juice #1 oz lavender syrup (1 part sugar 1 part 1 water in a sauce pan #healthy coating of EDIBLE!!!! lavender to cover the top #bring to boil then reduce to a simmer for 5 mins #take off heat and let that shit steep for a bit #longer the better #i say 25 mins at the LEAST for a strong flavor #15 mins will do the job tho probs #filter out the lavender w a siv #add 3 drops each of blue/red food dye to make it purple if u want #garnish w a lemon #i bartend at a restaurant and this is one of our signature cocktails #i was iffy about lavender cocktails/lattes n shit before #but this drink changed me. the perfect balance of lavender notes and sweet/citrus #dan and phil #daniel howell #phil lester #amazingphil #dan and phil games #dnp #dnpgames #dipnpip #danisnotonfire #do people still use that tag #whatever. its there #danandphilgames #<3 #i love them so much #they are my birth mothers

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cosmicwhoreo · 9 months

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SO, I made my own tragic legendary sea cookie since that seems to be the theme for devsis in between comms-

Beneath the dark, forgotten waves of the west sea, amongst a once bustling and colorful coral forest is it's sleepy monarch; Grand Reef Cookie. A jolly, yet strangely complaisant individual who spends his frail, doddering years tending to the decaying remains of his children's once proud homeland.

They have all left, of course. Some more hesitant than others to leave their loving father's side. But, Grand Reef Cookie was insistent of their retreat. That, unlike him, they were not bound to their namesake in soul and body. That the ocean held much more plentiful and vibrant sights that were not to be wasted fretting over a forgotten relic of the past. That doesn't stop many from visiting though... Bringing with them trinkets and offerings to help alleviate his wistful loneliness.

But, unlike some of his children, Grand Reef doesn't harbor any resentment for cookies. It's just not in his nature to harbor any hatred for... Well, anything, really. A reef is meant to be a nurturing and peaceful place for even the most ruthless apex predator, to be unwelcoming and unkind to even one creature would go against his very nature. ________

Why be a betrayed and/or volatile tragic, when you can be a sweet, hospice patient kind of tragic? That, and sea pollution and global warming tragic, I mean it's right there-

#Yes he leaks oil-like substances whenever surfacing from the water #He's just a sweet old grandpappy #I wanted wholesome but also sad #so here he is #Grand Reef Cookie #Devsisters if you want my ideas you can dm me my rightfully earned 5000 bucks-#also sorbet's here #I really wanted to draw him but could never get inspired enough to until now #cookie run #cookie run kingdom #CRK #cookie run oc #oc #fan character #Character idea #i'm taking a nap now gnite

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vanessavixenx2 · 4 months

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“We are all stars and we deserve to twinkle” – Marilyn Monroe ✨🖤✨