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journal excerpt, july first

                       — 𝗧𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗢-𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗠 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗔𝗗 (b. 1996 Antwerp, Belgium)

familiarity

fate, prophecies, and tragic heroes

MASON GOODING being interviewed for SCREAM (2022)

You’re free to leave me But just don’t deceive me And please believe me when I say I love you!

Connie Voisine from “The Altar” by George Herbert

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Pat Barker, The Silence of the Girls

– Call me by your name, 2017 dir Luca Guadagnino

because we as a people love to see tamino smiling 

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Even I knew it was my turn to speak. “I am Patroclus, son of Menoetius.“ My voice sounded high, and scratchy with disuse. "I am here as a suitor for Helen. My father is a king and the son of kings.” I had no more to say. My father had not instructed me; he had not thought that Tyndareus would ask me to speak. I stood and carried the bowl to the pile of gifts, placed it where it would not topple. I turned and walked back to my bench. I had not disgraced myself with trembling or tripping, and my words had not been foolish. Still, my face burned with shame. I knew how I must look to these men.