#…and quoting Shelley???—

[rosheendubh]

Thrawn quotes ‘Ozymandias’ (…and it’s epic)…

"'I met a traveler from an antique land who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert... Near them, on the sand, half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, and wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, tell that its sculptor well those passions read which yet survive...'"Thrawn paused, allowing the words to echo slightly in the large room. "'Stamped on these lifeless things, the hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed: and on the pedestal these words appear:'" and Thrawn's voice rose to a shout. "'"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"'"Immediately he returned to a more normal tone. "'Nothing beside remains. Round the decay of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare the lone and level sands stretch far away.'" Thrawn walked back to his chair, sitting down with not a sound, and turned it away from Taar. "Kings and empires rise and fall, colonel. Entropy consumes even the strongest man's efforts, both physical and political. One cannot hope to stop the hurricane, one can merely hope to weather it, to rebuild; and perhaps it will be something even better than what had come before."

—from that UnitySaga (StarTrek/StarWars crossover), done (thank heavens) before the mess of of the MouseEars “canon”/EU catastrophe…

[mournfulroses]

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, from a letter to Jane Williams written in February 1823, featured in The Letters of Mary Shelley

[panthermouthh]

“How can I move thee? Will no entreaties cause thee to turn a favourable eye upon thy creature, who implores thy goodness and compassion? Believe me, Frankenstein, I was benevolent; my soul glowed with love and humanity; but am I not alone, miserably alone? You, my creator, abhor me; what hope can I gather from your fellow creatures, who owe me nothing?”

[jjaysontodd]

[luciferslilith7]

My brain hums with scraps of poetry and madness.

Virginia Woolf

Selected Letters

[bronte-bird]

Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

[classichorrorblog]

The Shining (1980)

[burningvelvet]

An excerpt from the end of a letter where Mary Shelley rejects the advances of her long-time friend Edward Trelawny, 26 July 1831:

"My name will never be Trelawny. I am not so young as I was when you first knew me, but I am as proud. I must have the entire affection, devotion, and, above all, the solicitous protection of any one who would win me. You belong to womenkind in general, and Mary Shelley will never be yours.

I write in haste, but I will write soon again, more at length. You shall have your copies the moment I receive them. Believe me, with all gratitude and affection,

Yours,

M. W. Shelley."

[gothic-thriller-dawn]

[thermodynamic-comedian]

michael, finding new and interesting ways to fuck with jon: your manager looks gnc af

jon, on the verge of tears: YOURE INSANE

[soracities]

Percy Bysshe Shelley, from "Dirge for the Year", Select Poems of Shelley [ID'd]

[mournfulroses]

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, from her novel titled "The Last Man," published in 1826

[caslutz]

Ted Lasso Text Posts: Part #1

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Writing Prompt: The Last Lines

Choose one of the last lines of these literary works, and either create a new story/poem or continue writing the story...

“He was soon borne away by the waves, and lost in darkness and distance.” —Mary Shelley, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818)

“After all, tomorrow is another day.” —Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind (1936)

“She looked up and across the barn, and her lips came together and smiled mysteriously.” —John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath (1939)

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925)

“Are there any questions?” —Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale (1985)

“Yes,” I said. “Isn’t it pretty to think so?” —Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (1926)

“She called in her soul to come and see.” —Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937)

“There was the hum of bees, and the musky odor of pinks filled the air.” —Kate Chopin, The Awakening (1899)

“It’s funny. Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.” —J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye (1951)

“The eyes and faces all turned themselves towards me, and guiding myself by them, as by a magical thread, I stepped into the room.” —Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar (1963)

If this writing prompt inspires you in any way, please tag me, or leave a link in the replies. I would love to read your work!

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[luciferslilith7]

"If I didn't think, I would have been much happier."

~Sylvia Plath

[metamorphesque]

― Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Mathilda