Marian Seldes, referring to Anne Sexton in "Anne Sexton: A Biography"
And this girl? She is somewhere between this heart & this knife.
— AL-SADDIQ AL-RADDI ⚜️ My Voice: A Decade of Poems from the Poetry Translation Centre (Ed. Sarah Maguire), transl. by Mark Ford & Hafiz Kheir, (2014)
“Both the bitter and the sweet, both a honey-tongued blessing and a curse.”
— Miklós Radnóti, from All That Still Matters At All: Poems; “A Gentle Breeze,”
❛ it looks worse than it feels. ❜
emilia’s gaze flicked to the figure standing before her, taking in the blood staining her sleeve and the fresh cut along her jaw. strangers though they were, there was something familiar in the way she held herself — shoulders squared, chin lifted, as if daring the world to see her pain.
❝ it looks worse than it feels. ❞
the girl’s voice was even — almost dismissive — but emilia didn’t miss the way her fingers trembled slightly at her side. the witch narrowed her eyes, hesitating for a moment before stepping closer. ❝ maybe. but you’re still bleeding. ᴸᴱᵀ ᴹᴱ ᴴᴱᴸᴾ. ❞
𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 . . . ( ice breaker )
✧ › Send "Looks like we're stuck together." for a sudden situation forces our muses into close quarters. A great way to break the ice with mutuals you'd like to write with but are nervous to approach!
" oh my god. oh my god, oh my god, what the fuck? is that what i fucking think it is? "
emilia's muscles tensed as she slowly turned to face him, her expression shifting into something colder. the air around her seemed to thrum with tension, as though she was measuring every word that came next. she was calm — too calm perhaps — her voice sliced through the air like a blade when she turned around to face the source of her irritation.
❝ keep your voice ᴰᴼᵂᴺ. ❞
her eyes ᵘˢᵘᵃˡˡʸ ʷᵃʳᵐ ᵃⁿᵈ ᶦⁿᵛᶦᵗᶦⁿᵍ were now frozen, and beneath the cold was a burning intensity — one that whispered of past battles faced. ❝ and don’t ask questions you don’t want the answers to. ❞ emilia took a small step closer, her presence suddenly feeling like a ᵂᴬᴿᴺᴵᴺᴳ.
♱ ⠀⠀… ⠀⠀𝐏𝐈𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐖 ⠀⠀your ⠀⠀𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖊 ⠀⠀.
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I Saw the TV Glow (2024), dir. Jane Schoenbrun.