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I’m no longer satisfied by the explanation that there is no correlation between great art and great pain. I think that Vincent Van Gogh deserved to feel better and to be happy, and I think that he would have gone on to create many more beautiful paintings. But I take comfort in the idea that his art was about survival, that every beautiful thing he created was an affirmative commentary on the question, “Why live?”

The world hurts so goddamn much and I am so sorry. I don’t think pain makes artists great and I think that great artists got that way because they worked for it, but when I say that I mean they wrestled for the things they bring to light in their art, grabbing on tight to the miraculousness of light and sunflowers and living like they were drowning, because they were. And I mean that Van Gogh’s paintings all feel like they’re trying to save my life. This is beautiful, and it’s important. Beauty is important. Life is important. Light is important, and irises are important, and the color yellow is important, are you listening to me?

Pain doesn’t make artists great, but I think great art is always trying to respond to the question how can we stay alive? I think that’s an important distinction.

Depression will rot your soul in a way that will make you forget what beauty is and how to see it. When I was 17, I made a list of reasons to live, and it was like wading through deep mud. It fought me with every step. That heavy, aching numbness. It felt exhausting to write them down. Fireflies. The kindness of strangers. Libraries. Small birds. And if you understand the feeling I describe, you know that if you want to survive, you must become someone who sharply experiences the goodness of life. You have to dig your fingernails into it and drag it out of its hiding places around you.

This is about survival. Like when I say that this is great art, I mean that you can tell that there is something that is so so so important here, and that important thing is something like look, existence is beautiful. I can wish that Van Gogh had a chance to live a much longer, happier life, and at the same time be...cognizant? grateful? that his work doesn’t communicate Today I will paint cypresses but instead Today the world is beautiful, and I will live in it, and I will show you.

I don’t know how I got on this topic or why I’m so emotional. I can’t even tell most of the people that have saved my life; they are long gone. Thank you. For showing me.

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Brekker’s hands were stained with blood. Brekker’s hands were covered in scars. Brekker had claws and not fingers because he was part demon. Brekker’s touch burned like brimstone – a single brush of his bare skin caused your flesh to wither and die.                                                   “Pick one, they’re all true enough.”

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inej ghafa wrote this to kaz brekker, no im not taking any other opinions.

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if six of crows took place in the real world, kaz brekker would have been a theatre kid. no i will not elaborate.

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Van Eck, on the phone: We have him.

Inej: Who?

Van Eck: We have your boss. Brekker.

Inej: Oh

Van Eck: ‘Oh”? What do you mean “Oh”?

Inej: Yeah, you don’t have him, he has you. Good luck *hangs up*

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oh hey, don't mind me scrolling through tumblr reblogging every single post i see about the Six of Crows duology

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Okay, but the urge to just start dressing like Kaz Brekker is strong rn

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Jesper is a finger-gun bisexual except with real guns.

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— Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

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sometimes love is an atheist gang leader and a religious girl who’s the only saint he believes in

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kaz: and that concludes our plan for this heist.

kaz: let’s see if you were all paying attention.

*kahoot music starts*

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“A gambler, a convict, a wayward son, a lost Grisha, a Suli girl who had become a killer, a boy from the Barrel who had become something worse.”  

The Crows at the beginning of Six of Crows and at the end of Crooked Kingdom. I wanted to draw hands and it grew into something more. The designs are inspired by both the show and the books.

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Kaz would definitely sigh dramatically whenever he wanted Inej' attention. Like, he'd plonk himself next to her, look into the distance and sigh.

Inej would look at Mathias and Wylan (who both got the same expression from their respective partners) exasperated.

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Me: I would never date a blond

Matthew Fairchild: exists

Me: 😮‍💨🤤🥵🥰

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acotar characters as troubled birds

i’m bored, enjoy. 

rhys:

feyre:

amren:

cassian:

nesta:

elain:

lucien:

azriel:

gwyn:

mor:

emerie:

helion:

tamlin:

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⚠️A COURT OF SILVER FLAMES SPOILERS⚠️

SO NOBODY GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW AELIN WAS IN THE BOOK ??

here’s what acosf mentioned:

and heres what KOA said as aelin fell thru worlds...

AELIN IS LITERALLY FIRE, OFC THIS BITCH WOULD BE A RED STAR😭

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HERE IS THE FEYRE POV CHAPTER FROM THE BARNES & NOBLE EXCLUSIVE EDITION!!!!

(do not reblog or comment any negative comments; this is just for people to read who don’t have this version, that’s it. so don’t be a fucking asshole.)