"This story is a tragedy because it didn't have to end this way."

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"This story is a tragedy because it was always going to end this way."

Sometimes I remind myself that I almost skipped the party, that I almost went to a different college, that the whim of a minute could have changed everything and everyone. Our lives, so settled, so specific, are built on happenstance.

Anna Quindlen (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

who knew I’d become a 98 year old forgotten woman in my 20’s

can't believe the prick that cheated on Diana is now our king

gentle reminder to just be soft with yourself. I pinky promise you really really deserve it. I’ll stamp it and everything.

wednesday as anime 🖤🕷️🕸️

complicated relationships with your parents are like. you cut up fruit and bring it to my room without me asking. i can't remember the last time you told me that you were proud of me. you told me i wasn't good enough for you but i'm not even good enough for myself. your hugs feel like coming home. i can't tell you anything that happens in my life. i doubt myself every day because of something you said to me when i was eight. would you like to hear about my day? please don't ask me about my day. i miss you even though you're in the next room. i wish we didn't live together. i've never loved or resented anyone as much as i've loved and resented you. are you okay? are we okay? are we ever going to be okay?

This too shall pass. Even if it passes like a painful kidney stone, it will pass.

Professor trying to comfort us as exams start to overwhelm us.  (via soontobedvm)

Sometimes I wish I could have a Parabatai

Downworlders Network Battle: A scene that made you cry.

“Jem played, and he played the years of Will’s life as he had seen them. He played two little boys in the training room, one showing the other how to throw knives, and he played the ritual of parabatai: the fire and the vows and burning runes. He played two young men running through the streets of London in the dark, stopping to lean up against a wall and laugh together. He played the day in the library when he and Will had jested with Tessa about ducks, and he played the train to Yorkshire on which Jem had said that parabatai were meant to love each other as they loved their own souls. He played that love, and he played their love for Tessa, and hers for them, and he played Will saying, In your eyes I have always found grace. He played the too few times he had seen them since he had joined the Brotherhood- the brief meetings at the Institute; the time when Will had been bitten by a Shax demon and nearly died, and Jem had come from the Silent City. And he played the birth of their first son. And Jem played the way he had covered his scarred face with his hands and turned away when he’d found out the child’s name was James. Jem set down his bow, and came toward the bed, drawing back his hood, so she could see his closed eyes and his scarred face. And he had sat down beside them on the bed, and taken Will’s hand, the one that Tessa was not holding, and both Will and Tessa heard Jem’s voice in their minds. I take your hand, brother, so that you may go in peace.”

Sage advice. See more highlights from Drake’s SNL.

When 1st semester students have their first round of exams

bro, i dont even care anymore. fuck it! *continues to try very hard*

Stages of taking an organic chemistry exam