#being alive

[hauntedomens]

how exciting that this is only the beginning

[pratchettquotes]

A Personal Note: Celebrating 4,000 Followers*

Lord Vetinari walked out of the room and back into the main hall, with Vimes trailing behind. "However," he said, "in order to keep the peace, the golem will have to be destroyed."

"No, sir."

"Allow me to repeat my instruction."

"No, sir."

"I'm sure I just gave you an order, Commander. I distinctly felt my lips move."

"No, sir. He's alive, sir."

"He's just made out of clay, Vimes."

"Aren't we all, sir? According to them pamphlets Constable Visit keeps handing out. Anyway, he thinks he's alive, and that's good enough for me."

The Patrician waved a hand towards the stairs and his office full of paper. "Nevertheless, Commander, I've had no less than nine missives from leading religious figures declaring that he is an abomination."

"Yes, sir. I've given that viewpoint a lot of thought, sir, and reached the following conclusion: arseholes to the lot of 'em, sir."

The Patrician's hand covered his mouth for a moment. "Sir Samuel, you are a harsh negotiator. Surely you can give and take?"

"Couldn't say, sir."

Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay

*A Rare Personal Note: This exchange comes after what may be one of the most famous Discworld moments of all time: the conversation where Vimes and Vetinari first discuss the age old question, "Who watches the Watch?", which becomes one of the central threads of Vimes' character progression. But the end of the conversation, which involves the fate of the newly christened Constable Dorfl, strikes me powerfully today. This marks one of the few times in canon that Vimes explicitly rejects one of Vetinari's commands on moral grounds. It also marks a rare moment when Vimes and Vetinari (who are often complex foils for each other) seem to agree on a fundamental point of morality: that a person must be treated as a person, whatever the cost, even if we do not understand them. On the last day of 2023, this seems more important to me than ever. We 4,000 Pratchett fans who share the quotes that fill this blog likely share very little else: If we met on the street we would not agree about politics, religion, the weather, or the correct storage of Battle Bread. But I think that Sir Terry would perhaps want us to remember that, even when we are at our most opposed, we are all made out of clay -- and that is something worth protecting. Happy New Year, my friends. May we all continue to learn what must be given, and what can never be taken.

[dumblr]

In case no one has told you this lately: Thank you for being alive at the same time as me. I appreciate you so much. Thank you for surviving your worst days. Your existence is so important. Your feelings are valid. You deserve kindness from yourself and others. Don't ever forget how strong you have been and that you are deserving of love and happiness. Thank you for holding on. Thank you for still being here.

[find-you-when-you-feel]

"Suddenly you're ripped into being alive. And life is pain, and life is suffering and life is horror, but my god, you're alive and it is spectacular."

- Joseph Campbell

[adharagranley-writer]

i love intense people. fast replies, lots of messages, tell me you day in detail, talk about your interests and hyperfixations, let's get passionate about the moon and the universe and life and let's dream that we're in a roof in paris drinking and staring at the sky like we're gonna live forever and read poetry aloud.

[mttztrading]

Marry me a little. Love me just enough.

Company - Second US National Tour

[ange1onearth]

[henrytheduck36q]

Please do Bobby in Company and have another proshot 🥺

Link:

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Bernard Gunther - Sense Relaxation (Below your mind) - Macmillan-Collier - 1969 (photography by Paul Fusco)

[sagessge]

Children watch the older kids

"I wonder when I'll be of that age" They say

The same teens looks at children

"Gosh,why did I think this was fun?" They whisper

Adults,all burnt out and done

"Gosh,take me back!" They grumble

The mid-life crisis is hard

Feeling her rotten,loosening skin, she looked annoyed

"All that youth in vain" she says

Comes the old age,dropping fast

For the time flies

The hair turns white and wrinkles blew over the face

In the mirror they see

All their life

It was something else

Of some other age

That they yearned to be

'Tis human tendency

But please,live a little

And grow up beautifully

Celebrate each white hair

'Tis not the end,my dear

'Tis the testimony

That you survived

That you thrived

So laugh as loud as you can

And live like you want

So one day when you look in the mirror

And smile and say

"Good days aren't over,yet"

[verademialove]

“Isolation isn't safety, it is death. If no one knows you're alive, you aren't.”

Neil Hilborn, This Is Not the End of the World

[etteraths]

breathe!

[musicaltheatregirlsandsongs]

Musical Theatre Song Contest: Round One B

Submitter’s propaganda under the cut

Being Alive

its moving its heartbreaking its real its human. its the longing for another human to just be there for you and have the littlest things with them. its seeing the main character who's faced his commitment issues throughout the musical admit he needs to not be alone, whether romantically or not. raul esparza's performance gets me close to tears

"Don't be afraid that it won't be perfect... the only thing to be afraid of really is that it won't be!"

A profound ballad about the vulnerability of letting another person fully and wholly into your life

it's sondheim. i mean. come on. but also - it's because you're always taken on a journey by the singer's realizations dawning on them while singing the song and man. isn't that just beautiful.

Once And For All

it slays

No brain only home of sexual

It just slaps, the lyrics are awesome, and oh my gosh just listen to that KEY CHANGE

the key change 😫🤚🏻

[sunrisethoughts02]

Every morning, I open my door

and stand in the grass, saying

This is a new day, and I am alive. Alive, alive, alive, and this is a Good Thing.

for I am hoping for the morning where I believe my own words.

I think it will be here soon.

[adharagranley-writer]

when the air and sun in the green fields with wildflowers starts feeling like "oh i love being alive"