luminous beings ;

What I find fantastic is any notion that there are answers beyond the realm of science. The answers are there. You just have to know where to look.

None of us know for sure what’s out there. That’s why we keep looking. Keep your faith. Travel hopefully. The universe will surprise you. Constantly. 

— Ivan Bunin, from The Collected Short Stories; “Sunstroke,” wr. c. 1931

So I’ll only ask you once, Lord Snow. Are you a brother of the Night’s Watch, or a bastard boy who wants to play at war? 

“He is a weapon, a killer. Do not forget it. You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature.”

My Head of House said I lacked certain necessary qualities… like the ability to behave myself.

We’re Foxes. Something is always going wrong.

above the bay

kill your darlings: “she tasted like imported sophistication and domestic cigarettes”

“they’ll hang us in the louvre, down the back, but who cares? Still the louvre.”

Detail of a dancing maenad from an ancient Roman lenos sarcophagus, dated to c. 150 CE. The walls of the sarcophagus are decorated with scenes from a Dionysiac procession. Naxian marble. Currently located in the Vatican Museums. Photo taken by Sergey Sosnovskiy for AncientRome.ru.

So, first things first, we need to have a contract so we’re on the same page about the rules.