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annnnnd we’re back <3

she ( sally ) is a little too good at writing men who deeply struggle to express how they feel and who, in consequence, end up causing a lot of harm to the people ( women ) around them :,\

SIMON COSTIGAN MENTIONED ?!?!?!?

“ sometimes i just have a feeling. like a sense of being loved by god, almost. but it's not really something that can be explained.
she lets out a trembling kind of laugh. well, if there is a god, she says, i'm sure he loves you very much.
he lowers his eyes. yeah, i can feel that sometimes, he says. like when i'm with you, i can. ”

“ that laughter haunts me still. ”

“ must wonder what he's really here for: repentance, maybe. bless me for i have. ”

noooo bunny you’re so entertaining please don’t d-

“ count alexander mensdorff-pouilly wrote to his cousin, prince ernst of coburg, " may the souls of the many fallen, in the form of dream figures, disturb the nocturnal rest of those who, now comfortably ensconced behind their desks, plan political washouts. " ”

“ yesterday gisela, visiting with sisi, sat in the little red armchair of our poor little one, which stands in the den, and at that, both of us cried, but gisela, happy at this new place of honor, kept laughing so charmingly. ”

“ she was more and more aware of her exalted position: she was the empress, the first lady of the land. ”

“ look, here comes twinkletoes ” is. . . wild, bunny.

“ valerie's response to this communication is also recorded in her diary. " now i see the reason why papa stands so very alone, takes no pleasure in dealings with relatives, is therefore dependent on the advice of strangers, often unreliable men. i always thought that i should blame mama for it. " ”

“ but is it like a small bandage placed over an item of vocabulary that is in fact obscene? maybe, yes. a word with blood running through it, a red word. in casual conversation it's better to use words that are grey or beige. ”

[ at the emperor's side, / linked to him by tribe and feeling, / rich in charm that never withers, / rules our lovely empress. / what fortune has praised most highly, / let heaven shower on her! / hail franz joseph, hail elise, / blessings on habsburg's entire house! ]

“ ich bin ein sonntagskind, ein kind der sonne;
die goldnen strahlen wand sie mir zum throne,
mit ihrem glanze flocht sie meine krone,
in ihrem lichte ist es, dass ich wohne. ”

[i am sunday's child, a child of the sun; / her golden rays she wove into my throne, / with her glow she wove my crown, / it is in her light that i live.]

“ when ludovika was later asked whether the girl's feelings had actually been considered in this decision, she always gave the same answer: "one does not send the emperor of austria packing." ”

“ […]—these two were like plus and minus, like day and night: opposites that nevertheless affected each other, each one the other's misfortune.
a private tragedy at the end of a dying empire at the close of a century. ”

guys i think her name is margaret

the inside of peter’s brain is nightmarish

oh, here we go again. . .

every time joseph speaks, i feel like i’m reading “lady chatterley’s lover” all over again. what is this man saying???????!?!??

“ hatless and trembling with wrath ” being furious is tolerable, but being furious WITHOUT a hat on? how horrible!! lockwood is fighting for his life in that house

“ i felt interested in a man who seemed more exaggeratedly reserved than myself. ” that’s. . . something

reading it update by update might not be optimal but oh well

malcolm really said "i’m 27 years old. i’ve no money and no prospects. i’m already a burden to my parents… and i’m frightened."

for a book that i know to be sad and devastating, it’s beginning sure is funny

i HATE IT HEEEEREEE

13 fucking years later. last night (at 4am-) i read chapter 13 while simultaneously listening to 'all too well' (the sad autumn girl version!!!!!) and i shred big fat tears THAT’s how well i’m doing at the moment anyway i hate david nicholls

the sally rooney & before trilogy fangirl in me is currently six feet under- just TALK to each other for goodness sake