Show threadEvarrrOct 27

I would be so much braver if I was someone I could trust

from the pairing by Casey McQuiston

#florilegia

Show threadEvarrrApr 7, 2025

By the standards of his era his wealth was eminently respectable, meaning that his distant ancestors had stolen it from other Englishmen long enough ago that it didn't count, and his more recent ancestors had increased it by stealing from people who were not English, so that didn't count either.

Alexis Hall,  confunding oaths
#florilegia

Show threadEvarrrApr 7, 2025

"I thought it a foolish exercise. Why fret after all over the tone of one's skin or the shape of one's nose, when the entire human body is an absurd one way trip to the grave."

Alexis Hall,  confunding oaths
#florilegia

EvarrrApr 7, 2025
"This was a man who could slay dragons. Not that there were any of those left to be slain any more. Possibly because people kept slaying them."
Alexis Hall, confunding oaths
#florilegia
Show threadEvarrrAug 21, 2024
"extended solitude was always a fickle thing. At first it soothed, swaddling me from the chaos and expectations of being human. Then in an instant it shifted from rejuvenation to numbing isolation."
#florilegia from the collected regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer.
Annette von StockhausenOct 20, 2023
Bookmarked: The Electronic Manipulus florum Project https://manipulus-project.wlu.ca/index.html #Digital_Editions #Florilegia
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Show threadEvarrrAug 25, 2023
* a disproportionate fight or flight response that perceives loud noises or confusing facial expressions as immediate threats
* continually over-identifying with fiction
* I then try to imagine every bad thing that could possibly happen so I won't be surprised
* I always believed without question what parents and boyfriends had told me was best for me
* it's when people get to know you that they realise something's seriously off
#florilegia
EvarrrAug 25, 2023
When I read, I have adopted a practice called "florilegia". It loosely translates to flower picking and it's a practice (traditionally a religious one) of copying down favorite quotes from a book that you can then revisit and enjoy, like a bouquet of flowers that you've picked from a garden. So it's not like an excerpt, really more of a collection of words that spoke to you. They can be funny or intriguing or anything else.
I thought I'd explain this so I can share some of my #florilegia here.