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CARPE NOCTEM
the crow calls the raven black, and you condemn my darkness.


































❛ i stand amid the roar of a surf-tormented shore,and i hold within my hand grains of the golden sand —how few! yet how they creep through my fingers to the deep,while i weep — while i weep! o god! can i not grasp them with a tighter clasp? o god!...

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i stand amid the roar of a surf-tormented shore,
and i hold within my hand grains of the golden sand —
how few! yet how they creep through my fingers to the deep,
while i weep — while i weep!
o god! can i not grasp them with a tighter clasp?
o god! can i not save one from the pitiless wave?
is all that we see or seem
but a dream within a dream?





















































❛ i stand amid the roar of a surf-tormented shore,and i hold within my hand grains of the golden sand —how few! yet how they creep through my fingers to the deep,while i weep — while i weep! o god! can i not grasp them with a tighter clasp? o god!...

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staring out at as much of westeros as she would ever see from one vantage point — every vein of a town, every white glint of a river, every blurry pink speck of a blossom tree, carsen had never felt so beautifully free. ❞


 ❝  the beast," he gasped

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❝  the beast," he gasped. "look! the beast that tore the life from halfhand. a warg walks among us, brothers. a warg! this ... this creature is not fit to lead us! this beastling is not fit to live!   ❞


















































































 this creature is not fit to lead us! this beastling is not fit to live!   ❞

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& soundtrack.



here comes your man. pixies
there's a wait so long; you'll never wait so long.

love will tear us apart. joy division
is my timing that flawed? our respect runs so dry.

about a girl. nirvana
i'll take advantage while you hang me out to dry.

the boy. smashing pumpkins
in my heart is a spring, is a well, if you need.

please please please. fiona apple
steady going nowhere.

crush. ethel cain
good men die too, oh, i'd rather be with you.

a forest. the cure
come into the trees, find the girl (while you can).

which witch. florence and t. machine
who's a heretic now?

heaven. mitski
and the dark awaits us all around the corner.

the archer. taylor swift
they see right through me—can you see right through me?

starcrossed lovers. siouxsie and the banshees
starcrossed lovers on a treacherous night.

not strong enough. boygenius
the way i am—not strong enough to be your man.

skyfall. adele
where you go, i go. what you see, i see.

born to die. lana del rey
come take a walk on the wild side.

bad astrology. flower face
and you immolate everything you love.

kill all your friends. mcr
it's been nine bitter years since i've been seeing your face.

we will commit wolf murder. of montreal
lately you're the only human i believe in.

o children. nick cave
have you left a seat for me?




















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