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im so normal about fitzwilliam darcy by the way

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the aeneid has officially obtained the "permanently on my desk for easy access during random thought spiralling" status. i'm proud of you virgil <3

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Everyone liked the color charts I test printed for Basilisk so much, I felt compelled made a nice version! Great for anyone that has an interest in Risograph printing, historical pigments, or weird medieval marginalia.

(buy it here)

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this is the funniest possible answer ryoko kui could have given to this question

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i think the world would be a happier place if we were all permanently stoned

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deeply embarrassing being god born in ancient greece i think, everyone knows the exact place and detailed story of your conception, “yeah that’s aeneas his mom and dad fucked at the foot of mount ida” i would die. i would die every time someone addressed me by my full name “aeneas son of anchises who everyone knows aphrodite fucked at the foot of mount ida” god

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Jane Austen, from Emma originally published c. 1815

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this summer we will be devouring good literature, stay hydrated and most importantly be unbothered

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creds: swtzkiiz on pinterest

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“Lying Odysseus replied, ‘I will tell you the truth completely.’”

— Odyssey 24.303-4, trans. Emily Wilson

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how do you become so well read?

by reading

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when people say it's stupid to learn latin because it "isn't useful" i literally go crazy wild like i get violent and aggressive and start gnashing my teeth looking like a dog with rabies or something

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the pope’s silence on lesbianism among nuns is deafening

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citationless behavior

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The scene where Dante arrives in heaven, sees Beatrice and then he turns back and doesn't see Virgil anymore honestly breaks my heart every time I read it🥲💔 (in Purgatorio, canto XXX)

oh my desire to create a perfect comic adaptation of the comedy because existing ones suck

my boosty

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Dante writing his Comedy