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“I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed and that necessary.”

— Margaret Atwood

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Margaret Atwood

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the most heartbreaking part of hamlet really is the whole “goodnight sweet prince” part because when horatio says “and angels sing thee to thy rest” he is using the intimate form of thou, and it’s the first time he ever does it. hamlet consistently uses the intimate form of thou for horatio (only when they’re in private though, which – if shakespeare intentionally wanted to give their relationship homoerotic subtext, which he totally did – shows that hamlet wants to keep his romantic love for horatio a secret to the greater public) but horatio, being the respectful person he is and also given the fact that if he were to use the intimate form of thou it would pretty much be a romantic confession, never ever uses thou. except when after hamlet dies. when it’s too late. 

here hamlet is, dying in horatio’s arms, asking horatio if he ever held him in his heart. and horatio doesn’t get a chance to reply. hamlet dies. only then does horatio realize his mistake of not confessing sooner

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hamlet really honestly goes up to horatio and tells him “ever since i was able to distinguish right from wrong my soul chose you” like oh my god. “i promise i don’t love you just because you can do something for me. i treasure you because you are honest and have qualities i wish i had and i hold you and you alone in my heart’s core” UGH shakespeares mind

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Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

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