#usertima

THROUGH THE ERAS: the european renaissance the european renaissance was the transition from the middle ages to modernity. evolutions to humanism, science, art, music, and architecture led to immense social change within the continent.

The girl gave off an aura of distinct dottiness. Perhaps it was the fact that she had stuck her wand behind her left ear for safekeeping, or that she had chosen to wear a necklace of Butterbeer caps, or that she was reading a magazine upside down.

“She felt one thousand years old. She also felt like maybe she was a condescending brat. She wanted her bike. She wanted her friends, who were also one-thousand-year-old condescending brats. She wanted to live in a world where she was surrounded by one-thousand-year-old condescending brats.”

❝ a liar, a thief, and utterly without conscience. but he'll keep to any deal you strike with him.❞ 

the elektra of sophokles’ play is a creature of only one delight—an eternal mourning for her murdered father, an “archetype of sorrow and lament”. yet, how dynamic is she, as she calls to the task of righteous fury a reticent, if sympathetic, chorus; steadfast and always sinking into her role as sole executor of justice. and too, until her last breath on stage, she is deceived, reviled, eclipsed, but never silent. 

A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES — first and last lines

Toss him over. Break his heart cruelly. I will gladly give our poor prince comfort, and I would make a magnificent queen.