a way out

"He could not forgive her—but he could not be unfeeling. Though condemning her for the past, and considering it with high and unjust resentment, though perfectly careless of her, and though becoming attached to another, still he could not see her suffer without the desire of giving her relief. It was a remainder of former sentiment; it was an impulse of pure, though unacknowledged friendship; it was a proof of his own warm and amiable heart, which she could not contemplate without emotions so compounded of pleasure and pain that she knew not which prevailed." -Jane Austen, Persuasion Volume I, Chapter 10

— Carl Bloch (Denmark, 1834–1890)

"Look, bad things are gonna happen. It makes us who we are. But good things happen too, you know?"

ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING 5.09 | LESTR

VERONICA MARS | 2.22, "Not Pictured"

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005) dir. Joe Wright

Rainbow + The Emperor’s New Groove

Why are my friends like this

Sk8er Boi is a lesson about self-determination - choosing your own life path regardless of how others feel about it and seeing the value that comes with being the arbiter of your own destiny - rather than a tale that endorses the idea that one’s ultimate worth is determined by their eventual career success. Its message is that authentic pursuit of your own fulfillment without regard to other people’s judgments is what creates a rewarding life, regardless of the material outcomes. Ultimately, the question Sk8er Boi leaves us with is not ‘if she’d made a different choice, could Pretty Face have ended up with a famous guy?’ - it’s ‘if she’d made a different choice, could she have been happy?’

As , the United States, potentially heads into another forever war I can only think of this quote.

Damage Control #1 (1989)