We dream of each other and keep it a secret

a guy having friends over politely excuses himself and goes into the other room. he plays one tense and emotionally devastating round of russian roulette. he then returns to the subdue but still jovial gathering like nothing ever happened.

Hélène Cixous, Love of the Wolf

viserys iii wishing the targaryens were kings again by pretending to be young aerys ii who was wishing the targaryens were powerful and feared in the realm by pretending to be aerion brightflame who was wishing the targaryens were dragonriders again by pretending to be daemon targaryen who was wishing the targaryens were conquerors again by pretending to be visenya targaryen who was wishing the targaryens would be of old valyria again by pretending the targaryens weren’t mid-tier irrelevant dragonlords in the old country. because valyria is just an idea it’s a memory of a memory and the last survivors of the doom don’t remember it they just pretend to…dragon eating its own tail moment

IF YOU LOOK BACK YOU ARE LOST…………

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She has a great understanding of people, real people, and there is something awfully warm about her that stretches out to them. She has what the French call la tendresse. As a friend of hers said the other day, “She is a greater woman than an actress – and she is a swell actress.” - "Serious Side of a Screwball” (Screenland, January 1939)

- Tennessee Williams, in Follies of God, June 29, 2023 (via Alive on All Channels)

buddy comedy written and directed by and also starring daniel kaluuya and dev patel WHEN.

some of my favorite comments from dev patel for the monkey man AMA he did on reddit recently! x