the song of achilles by madeline miller
i saw then how i had changed. i did not mind anymore that i lost when we raced and i lost when we swam out to the rocks and i lost when we tossed spears or skipped stones. for who can be ashamed to lose to such beauty?
There will be hatred. There will be war. The country will fight itself to pieces. It will starve its people, ravage its land, poison its breath. Shanghai will fall and break and cry. But alongside everything, there has to be love—eternal, undying, enduring. Burn through vengeance and terror and warfare. Burn through everything that fuels the human heart and sears it red, burn through everything that covers the outside with hard muscle and tough sinew. Cut down deep and grab what beats beneath, and it is love that will survive after everything else has perished.
our violent ends by @chloegong
@fictiondaily mission ii: nostalgic reads
❝ Look, I didn’t want to be a half-blood.
If you’re reading this because you think you might be one, my advice is: close this book right now. Believe whatever lie your mom or dad told you about your birth, and try to lead a normal life.
Being a half-blood is dangerous. It’s scary. Most of the time, it gets you killed in painful, nasty ways. ❞
CHARLES E. XAVIER in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
she was inej ghafa, and she would not quiver like a rabbit in a snare. (insp.)
@fictiondaily mission ii: nostalgic reads (percy jackson series by rick riordan)
athena called, “annabeth chase, my own daughter.” annabeth squeezed my arm, then walked forward and knelt at her mother’s feet. athena smiled. “ you, my daughter, have exceeded all expectations. You have used your wits, your strength, and your courage to defend this city, and our seat of power. it has come to our attention that olympus is...well, trashed. the titan lord did much damage that will have to be repaired. we could rebuild it by magic, of course, and make it just as it was. but the gods feel that the city could be improved. we will take this as an opportunity. and you, my daughter, will design these improvements.” annabeth looked up, stunned. “my…my lady?” athena smiled wryly. “you are an architect, are you not? you have studied the techniques of daedalus himself. who better to redesign olympus and make it a monument that will last for another eon?” “you mean...i can design whatever i want?” “as your heart desires,” the goddess said. “ make us a city for the ages.” “as long as you have plenty of statues of me,” apollo added. “and me,” aphrodite agreed. “hey, and me!” ares said. “big statues with huge wicked swords and—” “all right!” athena interrupted. “she gets the point. rise, my daughter, official architect of olympus.
- rick riordan (the last olympian)
TO UKRAINIAN FRIENDS
If you are looking for an emergency exit from Ukraine, Poland will open EIGHT safety points on the border with Ukraine (you will get warm food, medical help and from there you will be guided to safety) in two of our voivodeships: lubuskie and podkarpackie. It is confirmed by the Polish Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Paweł Szefernaker.
SOURCES:
https://www.rp.pl/konflikty-zbrojne/art35748991-szefernaker-na-granicy-z-ukraina-powstaja-punkty-recepcyjne-dla-uchodzcow
https://www.wprost.pl/polityka/10633681/polska-reaguje-na-agresje-rosji-na-ukraine-powstana-punkty-dla-uchodzcow.html
I've marked those voivodeships on the map!
Please share because it can save lives!!!!!!
JAMES & OLIVER x THE STORY
I knew a boy and a boy Best friends with each other But always wished they were more
but in shakespeare’s world, passion is irresistible, not embarrassing.
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