Created in the 1930s by an anonymous author (supposedly Cantankerus Nott), the directory listed the pure-blood families in Great Britain.
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“ She had played the dutiful daughter, the blushing bride, the pliant wife. She had suffered Robert’s drunken groping, Jaime’s jealousy, Renly’s mockery, Varys with his titters, Stannis endlessly grinding his teeth. She had contended with Jon Arryn, Ned Stark, and her vile, treacherous, murderous dwarf brother, all the while promising herself that one day it would be her turn. ” - Cersei Lannister, A Feast For Crows
“I, my friend I am the uncle, the protector and the promoter of that fucking thing right there, in whose shadow nothing good nor godly will ever fucking grow.”
Sansa: The next time I get married, I just want something small. Just something quick with no fuss.
*Petyr in the distance already choosing a colour scheme, picking his outfit and writing a guest list that touches the ground.*
Petyr: Wait. What?
/ˈredəsənt/
adjective not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily.
aries: “i have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad. or i can go mad by ricocheting in between.”
taurus: “the floor seemed wonderfully solid. it was comforting to know i had fallen and could fall no farther.”
gemini: “i want to live and feel all the shades, tones, and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. and i am horribly limited.”
cancer: “perhaps some day i’ll crawl back home, beaten and defeated. but not as long as i can make stories out of my heartbreak; beauty out of sorrow.”
leo: “i want to taste and glory in each day; to never be afraid to experience pain, to never shut myself up in a numb core of non-feeling, or to stop questioning and criticizing life and take the easy way out.”
virgo: “what horrfies me most is the idea of being useless: well-educated, brilliantly promising, and fading out into an indifferent middle age.”
libra: “i felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery - air, mountains, trees, people. i thought, ‘this is what it is to be happy.’”
scorpio: “if the moon smiled, she would resemble you. you leave the same impression of something beautiful, but annihilating.”
sagittarius: “i wanted change and excitement and to shoot off into all directions myself, like the colored arrows of a fourth of july rocket.”
capricorn: “i took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: i am, i am, i am.”
aquarius: “i shut my eyes and all the world drops dead. i lift my lids and all is born again.”
pisces: “here i am, a bundle of past recollections and future dreams, knotted up in a reasonably attractive bundle of flesh. i remember what this flesh has gone through; i dream of what it may go through.”
I’m just like everyone else. I’m young. I’m still learning. I do make mistakes but I try to recognize these mistakes and learn from them. I like to give everyone a fair chance and I take every opportunity that comes my way.
get to know me: [2/?] tv shows → peaky blinders “What is it you do?” “I rarely answer questions is what I do.”