the story of sam and dean winchester (so far)
“I can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart, I am trying to bribe you with uncertainty, with danger, with defeat.”
— Jorge Luis Borges
“The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet.”
— Nikos Kazantzakis
“All negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present. Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry—all forms of fear—are caused by too much future, and not enough presence. Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of nonforgiveness are caused by too much past, and not enough presence.”
— Eckhart Tolle
“I demand unconditional love and complete freedom. That is why I am terrible.”
— Tomaz Salamun
Ouch // Bring Me The Horizon
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born, and the day you figure out why.”
— Mark Twain
“We are cruel enough without meaning to be.”
— John Updike
“At the same time, you have to find the right distance between people. Too close, and they overwhelm you; too far and they abandon you. How to hold them in the right relation?”
— Hanif Kureishi
Mister... ermmm...Gandalf... wizard dude... sir?
“You want my opinion? We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness — and call it love — true love.”
— Robert Fulghum
“I’ve spent so much time in my head and in my heart that I forgot to live in my body.”
— Tara Hardy
One of my fav things about Gandalf is, he can & canonically does Full Name hobbits when he’s angry like he’s their mum or something
important follow up Qs:
1) does it frustrate Gandalf that he can’t do this to Bilbo & Frodo with the same impact bcos they don’t have nicknames
2) does he do it to non hobbits
Gandalf, in the distance: ARAGORN SON OF ARATHORN
Aragorn: oh shit I’m in trouble
I think when Gandalf is pissed with Hobbits he reverts to the extremely formal Mister Baggins!
you’ve cracked it, that’s absolutely what he does
you know how mad he is based on how far back into your lineage he goes, consider:
Mild: Meriadoc Brandybuck! (last name only, you’ll probably live)
Mad: ARAGORN SON OF ARATHORN! (now your ancestors are involved, bad)
Murderous: THORIN, SON OF THRÁIN, SON OF THRÓR! (you are maybe about to meet your ancestors, via Gandalf… and not glorious battle)
The scary thing about Gandalf is he’s been around long enough to have met your entire lineage, so the recitation has more oomph.
“I knew your great-great-great-grandfather and he, too, was a bitter disappointment, but not as much as you are in this moment”
“Ich sehe dich. Ich sehe deine Verletzlichkeit und deine Einsamkeit. Ich sehe deinen Stolz und wie er dich daran hindert, dich an andere zu wenden. Ich sehe dein großes Herz und dass du die Welt retten willst.”
— Reed