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“No, I thought. I was not careful. I was reckless, headlong. He was another knife, I could feel it. A different sort, but a knife still. I did not care. I thought: give me the blade. Some things are worth spilling blood for.

Madeline miller i could kiss you rn

“But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation was he to me.”

'that was another thing about him. he made you want to spill your secrets' / 'it was easy to speak so openly with him. his face was like a quiet pool that would hold everything safe in its depths'

Shibaaaaaaaaal

"our ape brains got too big, too big for our heads, too big for our mothers to birth them. So we started keeping all our extra knowing in language, in art, in stories and books and songs. Art was a way of storing our brains in each other's."

"augured not by an instrument of murder, but by a fracture bound, a bit of food brought back for another."

You’re kidding… im just now getting more invested in this and it’s nearly over

This is finally getting interesting

"what i mean is, i think maybe you'll find your real ending when you stop looking for it, i think real endings tend to work their way in from the outside."

This is taking longer to finish than i expected ;__;

It would be lovely if you were here. Of course you know I'm yours, have been for quite some time.

:")))

"life's an activity that's got to be sustained. You have to fight for it. Otherwise it's no life at all," okayyy hopecore

Pain is interesting, and you can bear anything as long as it's interesting. [...] Pain or pleasure, mirror images of each other.

Everything is derivative. Sadness and happiness are all experienced by someone else before us: we're simply following their lead.

I KNEW IT

thoughts so far:
- how did the other obtain more objects than piranesi
- did the other kill everyone else for his own gain
- now i want to see piranesi and his colorful seashells in his hair

Oh this is fun

ROCKY 💧😢😭😿🥲🥹💧😢😿😭🥹🥲😢💧😭😿🥲🥹😭😢