I find this post-engagement exchange in Pride & Prejudice between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy very cute:
...To be sure you know no actual good of me—but nobody thinks of that when they fall in love.” (E)
“Was there no good in your affectionate behaviour to Jane, while she was ill at Netherfield?” (D)
“Dearest Jane! who could have done less for her? But make a virtue of it by all means. My good qualities are under your protection, and you are to exaggerate them as much as possible...." (E)
Because in a way Elizabeth's right, it's pretty normal for a sister to take care of a sister when she's sick. But in another way, he's right because Mary refused to come and Kitty and Lydia only cared about the ball.
It's this cute thing about how we can't even see our own virtues that others fall in love with.
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Some of y’all act like basic manners, general human decency, and kindness to others is SO MUCH emotional labor. I don’t like that shit.
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fucking sucks ass that detective is a subtype of cop or always some type of law enforcement. a detective should be someone who is a master of disguise, a weirdo, socially maligned, and hated by the police. he should solve the cases using his ultra specific knowledge about geography, linguistics, human biology, and cigar ashes
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ab. 1825 Thomas Lawrence - Mr. and Mrs. James Dunlop
(Worcester Art Museum)
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you wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me
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(in a job interview) i guess if i had to say my one strength it would be skipping the ad break on a podcast episode on the first try. yeah there's no button i just guess the number of minutes and i'm always right. oh you meant like work strengths? none
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