#willliam shakespeare

[whizzvins]

old photos of christian doing something rotten press!

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their tormented soul and hyperfixations have attracted me greatly

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[booksndpoetry]

The Earth has Music for those who Listen

“The Earth has Music for those who listen…”

- Willliam Shakespeare

Songs are horcruxes to teleport to paradise. They have the power to lift you up higher when you think you can’t be anymore happier. They have the ability to soothe you when you think you’re inconsolable. And, when you have those days when you just become completely exhausted and feel utterly helpless against the world, they somehow creep into you and light a bonfire in your seemingly frozen heart. 

There are some songs to which you’ll bop your head, and mouth the really catchy lyrics to. But sometimes, they hit you the hardest when you find yourself in the same situation as the protagonist. There are some songs which make you feel like you can conquer the world, and some songs actually render you the realization that you’re capable of it. 

Then, there are songs which make the mundane unbearable, others you try to learn the fastest, so you can impress others, and they’re like sapphires entrusted with a child, or like a painkiller for a chronic headache. They come and go, hoping to stay for a semblance of your remembrance to them.

However, there are some you don’t bother to learn the lyrics to, don’t bother to skip or turn up the volume when they play, and don’t bother to explicitly stop to listen to.

They are the songs which seep into your unconscious slowly, like water from a small stream, seeping and into the cracks present to nourish the young flowers.

They soak into your limbs and flesh, your bones and your soles and into the strands of your hair, for remembrance; even when you shed the exoskeleton away.

They haunt you, beautifully, harmlessly, like the sight Wordsworth witnessed when the dandelions, which slowly grew and one day burst into the breeze in all directions, charming every soul whose shoulders they brushed past. And one must remember to save their heart, especially for those songs. 

It’s true. The earth has music everywhere if you stop and listen. It’s in the rhythmic breathing of your partner in the morning when they’re fitfully sleeping. It’s in the chirping of the birds, the fluttering of the pages of a book, and in songs. 

The songs are music regardless of the language they speak, or perhaps no language at all, at least not verbal. They are the only tools which turn everyone into a polyglot, beings able to understand melody and music with no barriers. In a way, it is like light, for light requires no medium to travel and reach anywhere. 

Songs are therapy, because they put out emotions you can’t quite encapsulate into words yourself. 

Perhaps this is why, deaf people are the people with the most tragic fates, for they are cursed to never experience the concept of what makes a soul primal and innate in its character to be in awe of being able to witness Nature’s marvels.

The rush of the spring, the singing of the nightingale, and the beating of a heart. Sounds which drive us to our knees, for no matter how powerful we claim we are, we are essentially, the blessed travellers of this Earth. 

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[shakespereansonnet]

“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.”

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

[beautifulpaxielreads]

Shelf-Confidence BPC, February 2022.

Day 8: If You Liked Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, read…

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

An Assassin's Guide to Love & Treason by Virginia Boecker

[felix-loves-albert-and-ralb-blog]

i, like hamlet, am an angsty teen

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@swearification-and-cursing @gimmickswag @spotify-kids-real and all my moots/relatives prithee helpeth if thou canst

Ok hi

im seeing a bunch of other ppl do this so i figured id toss mine in there too 👍

100 notes and i’ll actually start painting my minifig kobold that ive been putting off for half a year

150 notes and i’ll finally do that still life assignment thats due

200 notes and i will start working on my exercise and start pacing myself

250 notes and i will get caught up in my schoolwork

300 i’ll start sleeping at a regular time

400 ill start actually writing that one book

500 ill make steps towards eventually taking art commissions

[housespecialfriedrice]

[emthehistorygirl]

Stills from (2015) Antony and Cleopatra

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[ivovynckier]

If presidential candidates used Shakespearean language...

Joe Biden: I will be glad to do my benevolence to make atonements and compromises.

Donald Trump: The sword should end it.

Joe Biden: It is better that friends is the sword, and end it.

(The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act I; scene I

[shakespeare-official-reblogs]

omg this art so true lol :)

@i-identify-as-an-ominous-threat @bingle-official @swearification-and-cursing @dahfloofysmol @yes-im-youtube-kids + open tags!

thank you for the tag @smol-stargirl and @heatedpirate!!

quiz link

hm I don’t know about the sarcasm part. people tend to take me literally when I’m being sarcastic, so I’ve cut that down to nearly nil.

and I don’t think I’m “kinda mean”. but I guess that depends on your definition of mean

@kapalattee @rainonthehillside @coffeeforkai @waitingforthesunrise @demigoddess-of-ghosts @ryuryuryuyurboat @call-me-copycat

[foresightfromforsythe]

There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.

William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

(image via @cherylstanclub)

[1gelmegidersinn]

Bugün sahip oldukların için teşekkür et ve yarın sahip olacakların için savaşmaya başla.

Willliam SHAKESPEARE

[pagesaplenty]

Freddy’s 10 Books to Read to Date Me (Friends can date too!)

Although I am married and not looking to start a harem of book loving spouses, I loved Pete’s book list and wanted to create my own! There are a few books on my list that my husband did read per my recommendation, though I hope he eventually reads all of them. It was hard to pick only 10 books, so I picked a couple books to represent a genre of books. Honorable mentions go to “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel, “Hatchet” by Gary Paulsen, “My Side of the Mountain” by Jean Craighead George, “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” by Ann Brashares, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by Willliam Shakespeare , and “Dracula” by Bram Stoker. Sorry if this is cheating, but I’m probably the most indecisive person you’ll ever meet, well I mean maybe. ;)

In no particular order…

Nimona by Noelle Stevenson - I can’t remember the first graphic novel I picked up and read, but they’ve always been important to me. It was tricky picking just one for my list, but Nimona will always stand out. When you find a form of media with a “message” there is a fine line the creator treads to not make you, the consumer, feel like they’re shoving their opinions down your throat. Noelle does an amazing, hilarious job with this book! Good and evil are not always black and white, and friendship comes in all shapes, sizes, colors, and sharks!

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton - I was “forced” to read this book in school, and I am all the more happy for it! I credit this book with awakening my love of poetry. Though I’d read and enjoyed poems before, Ponyboy’s feelings about poetry and the world made me feel connected to it all, instead of just a reader.

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - This was my Grandma’s favorite book. She read it every year. I wish I could say that is why I read it, but unfortunately I watched a film adaptation first. However, sometimes movies are a great way to make books feel more approachable. Jane is intimidating, but once you get to know her (like some other people I know) you see her for the fiery treasure she is.

Fairy Tales by Whomever - I wanted to have fairy tales included on my list, but couldn’t pick just one collection or author. For as long as I can remember I’ve wanted the world around me to be magical. I can remember sitting perfectly still outside hoping to see a fairy, or creeping quietly to my room anticipating that I’d catch my stuffed animals walking around and having fun. I love how all over the world different cultures have their own stories that have been passed down. We create our own magic in the tales we spin.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie - I read this book one year in celebration of Banned Books Week, and I’m so glad I did. Sherman Alexie gives you a glimpse into a life I knew hardly anything about. You can hear his voice throughout the book and all of his emotions. I felt like my world was so small after reading his book that I needed to read bigger and learn more about all of my fellow human beings.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith - This book will be on all of my book lists! Similar to what Pete said about Wives and Daughters, this was the book that made classics approachable for me. I wanted to be friends with Francie Nolan and her family. I want to write a book someday that made readers feel as this book made me feel.

A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter - I could really pick any of Gene’s books for this list, but this was my introduction into her writing. Thanks to our Mum, my siblings and I were brought up in a nature loving environment. She always had rocks, leaves, bugs, and more around the house and shared a love of all these natural wonders. You can feel Gene’s love for the outside world in her books and her passion for preserving it for years to come. Also there’s a really sweet love story and that’s always a bonus!

Poems by Maya Angelou - I’d always hoped I could one day meet this lovely poet, or at least attend one of her readings. When I read her poetry I hear her voice in my head spinning a passionate and beautiful world of emotion and desire.  “Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.” You’re hooked now, aren’t you?

Matilda by Roald Dahl - This is one of those rare books where I love the movie almost as much as I love the book. Roald Dahl was the master of children’s books, perfect in his silliness and magic in the everyday world. Matilda helped me feel less alone. That it was wonderful to be different and I shouldn’t try to hide what makes me different.

[livelaughlover17]

"Hell is empty and all the devils are here."

~ William Shakespeare.