They were children who had come of age in a war. For as long as any of them could remember they’d been darning the holes left by the darkness with as much laughter and love as they could find, and praying that it was strong enough to keep their lives together. Layering themselves in joy and courage like it was armour, until they could pretended that they could no longer feel the fear and sadness lurking beneath the surface.

D'you know what he tried to do to Mary Macdonald the other day?

❝  mulciber! what do you see in      him,  sev? he's creepy! d'you know what he tried to do to      mary macdonald  the other day?  ❞

We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better. 

    Twos’ inner development may be limited by their “shadow side”—pride, self-deception, the tendency to become over-involved in the lives of others, and the tendency to manipulate others to get their own emotional needs met. Transformational work entails going into dark places in ourselves, and this very much goes against the grain of the Two’s personality structure, which prefers to see itself in only the most positive, glowing terms ⋆ M A R Y  M A C D O N A L D (listen.)

The women are the strong ones, truly.

Miss Macdonald acted with bravery far beyond her years

Grief, I have come to realise, is not something you feel, but instead something you acquire throughout your life. Your heart breaks, and it becomes a part of who you are. It doesn’t go away, if anything it grows heavier. Time doesn’t make it easier either, but you learn to live with it. Like a scar, or a freckle on your face. It becomes as ordinary as everything else. Your heart is heavy but it still beats… I wish that was the part that mattered.