i worry that love is violence
citizen illegal, josé olivarez / angel of small death & the codeine scene, hozier / black iris, leah raeder/ r.d. laing / the tale of despereaux, kate dicamillo / litany in which certain things are crossed out, richard siken / blue lily, lily blue, maggie stiefvater / john my beloved, sufjan stevens / litany in which certain things are crossed out, richard siken / mockingjay, suzanne collins
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Citizen Illegal, José Olivarez
[ Text ID: i don’t know how love works / but i remember the day / my grandma died / we talked on the phone. / i don’t remember what you said / or whether it helped. / i only remember when i called you answered. ]
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I killed a plant once because I gave it too much water. Lord, I worry that love is violence.
José Olivarez, Citizen Illegal
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'I killed a plant once because I gave
it too much water. lord, I worry
that love is violence.'
― José Olivarez, Citizen illegal
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"love left you.
then you left you.
now all you have
is this disappearing body."
-José Olivarez, from the book "Citizen Illegal"
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mod, has rgb been turned into a duck yet
not a duck, but a eurasian jay suits him better!
edit bc the sheer immediacy of these comments cracked me up XD
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This is why Palestine needs to be decolonised. The vast majority of Israeli citizens are this: they have these distorted hierarchical exclusivist violently genocidal beliefs and dispossession fantasies - that is what this ethno state is based on - and Palestine and the Palestinian people are not safe until they are genuinely free from this and these people. Forever.
Those Israeli citizens who believe in Palestinian equality should by definition understand that Israel must be dismantled for that equality to take place.
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Citizen Illegal, José Olivarez
[ Text ID: love left you. / then you left you. / now all you have / is this disappearing body. ]
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The USPS helpline just asked me to confirm that I wanted to speak to an agent
sixteen times in a row
Something tells me it has no intention of actually letting me speak to an agent
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Arranged marriage AU where Loid and Yor hadn't met yet but they communicate through the phone daily and gush about the child they would adopt together bc the government doesn't allow for Ostanian and Westalis blood to mix 'to keep the purity of their nation's intact'.
Garden and WISE covertly organized the set up, to create the strongest defense in case the war goes to shit, they have the best of both nation's on their side: Westalis' best spy and Garden's best assassin.
Loid and Yor themselves don't know their professions, Anya still has mind reading abilities as in canon. They adopt Bond to throw off suspicion and pretend to be the perfect family, not the best trained weapons to exist.
Anyway, big surprise when they set a date to officially meet the person they arranged to marry only to discover they've been gushing about the same child, Anya.
"Oh, now it makes sense!
"The hair accessories! How didn't I think you were talking about Anya!"
"You're my new mama and papa?"
Dark twist to this: each time the SSS stops them on the street when they're all out, they have to show the adoption papers to them bc otherwise they would be arrested for illegally producing a child of their own and "tainting the purity of their nations". The SSS officers give rude comments about Anya but Loid and Yor threaten them every time they do so, but they have to keep themselves in check least they risk arrest.
"Heh, you're lucky you got off this time, but if I find out this brat really did come from you two, you can look forward to a life of torture. Filthy little green eyed monster." The SSS officer spits at Anya's feet
Loid:"I'm perfectly content to carry on a civilized conversation, but this has turned into anything but that. If you value your position, you won't say another word about my daughter."
Yor:"Anya isn't filthy nor a monster, in fact the only monsters I see are right before me."
"Oh? Are you threatening officers of Ostania?"
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