Just J

Then you are mistaken, and you know nothing about me, and nothing about the sort of love of which I am capable. Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own. In pain and sickness it would still be dear. Your mind is my treasure, and if it were broken it would be my treasure still; if you raved, my arms should confine you, and not a straight waistcoat. Your grasp, even in fury, would have a charm for me; if you flew at me wildly as that woman did this morning, I should receive you in an embrace, at least as fond as it would be restrictive; I should not shrink from you with disgust, as I did from her. In your quiet moments you should have no watcher and no nurse but me; and I could hang over you with untiring tenderness, though you have me no smile in return; and never weary of gazing into your eyes, though they had no longer a ray for recognition for me. Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (via larmoyante)

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› 10 Latin Phrases You Pretend to Understand

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  • 1. Caveat Emptor
    (KAV-ee-OT emp-TOR): “Let the buyer beware”
  • 2. Persona Non Grata
    (puhr-SOH-nah non GRAH-tah): “An unacceptable person”
  • 3. Habeas Corpus
    (HAY-bee-as KOR-pus): “You have the body”
  • 4. Cogito Ergo Sum
    (CO-gee-toe ER-go SOME): “I think, therefore I am”
  • 5. E Pluribus Unum
    (EE PLUR-uh-buhs OOH-nuhm): “Out of many, one”
  • 6. Quid Pro Quo
    (kwid proh KWOH): “You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours”
  • 7. Ad Hominem
    (ad HAH-mi-nem): “To attack the man”
  • 8. Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
    (ad-MA-yor-em DAY-ee GLOR-ee-um): “All for the Greater Glory of God”
  • 9. Memento Mori
    (meh-MEN-toh MOR-ee): “Remember, you must die”
  • 10. Sui Generis
    (SOO-ee JEN-er-is): “Of its own genus,” or “Unique and unable to classify”

Definitions

Let's get weird.

  • 1: Let’s start with a tricky one; what is the real reason you are confused right now?
  • 2: Do you ever get “good morning” texts from anyone?
  • 3: If your significant other smoked pot, would you care?
  • 4: Do you find it easy to trust others?
  • 5: What were you doing at 11PM last night?
  • 6: You’re drunk and lost walking down the road; who is with you?
  • 7: What would you do if you found out you had been cheated on?
  • 8: Are you close with your dad?
  • 9: I bet you kissed someone last night, right?
  • 10: What are you listening to?
  • 11: You can only drink ONE liquid for the rest of your life - what is it?
  • 12. Do you like hickeys?
  • 13: What time do you go to bed?
  • 14: Is there someone who continuously lets you down?
  • 15: Can you text as quickly with one hand as you do both?
  • 16: Do you always answer your texts?
  • 17: Do you hate the person you fell the hardest for?
  • 18: When was the last time you talked to one of your best friends?
  • 19: Is there someone that makes you happy every time you see them?
  • 20: What was your last thought before you went to bed last night?
  • 21: Is anyone else in the room with you?
  • 22: Do you believe what goes around comes around?
  • 23: Were you happier four months ago than you are now?
  • 24: Is there someone you wish you could fix things with?
  • 25: In the past week, have you cried?
  • 26: What colour is the shirt you are wearing?
  • 27: Do people ever call you by your last name?
  • 28: Is anyone ignoring you right now?
  • 29: Do you have a best friend?
  • 30: Would it be hard seeing someone else kiss the last person you kissed?
  • 31: Who was your last call from?
  • 32: Are you mad at anyone?
  • 33: Have you ever kissed someone older than you?
  • 34: How old will the last person you kissed be on his/her next birthday?
  • 35: How many more days until your birthday?
  • 36: Do you have any summer plans yet?
  • 37: Do you have any good friends of the opposite sex?
  • 38: Are you keeping anything from your best friend(s) now?
  • 39: Do you have a secret that you’ve never told anyone?
  • 40: Have you ever regretted kissing someone?
  • 41: Do you think age matters in relationships?
  • 42: Are you available?
  • 43: How many people have you had real, strong feelings for since high school ended?
  • 44: If you had to get a piercing (not ears), what would you get?
  • 45: Do you believe exes can be friends?
  • 46: Do you regret anything?
  • 47: Honestly, what’s on your mind right now?
  • 48: Did you ever lose a best friend?
  • 49: Was your last kiss a mistake?
  • 50: Why aren’t you pursuing the person you like?
  • 51: Has the last person you kissed ever seen you cry?
  • 52: Do you still talk with the person you LAST kissed?
  • 53: What was the last thing you ate?
  • 54: Did you get any compliments today?
  • 55: Where are you going on your next vacation?
  • 56: Do you own anything from other countries?
  • 57: Are most of your friend guys or girls?
  • 58: Where have you lived most of your life?
  • 59: When was the last time you took a long drive?
  • 60: Have you ever played Spin the Bottle?
  • 61: Have you ever TPd someone’s house?
  • 62: Who do you text the most?
  • 63: What was the last movie you saw?
  • 64: What’s preventing your current boyfriend/girlfriend from going back to their ex?
  • 65: How many boyfriends/girlfriends did you have in 2010?
  • 66: Is the last person you kissed younger than you?
  • 67: Do you curse around your parents?
  • 68: Are you happy with where you live?
  • 69: Do you collect anything?
  • 70: What’s your favourite colour?
  • 71: Does the last song you listened to remind you of anyone?
  • 72: Has anyone ever cheated on you?
  • 73: What are your plans for tomorrow?
  • 74: Do you have siblings over the age of twenty-one?
  • 75: Does your last ex have a job?
  • 76: What would you do if you found out your most recent ex was in a relationship?
  • 77: Where is your cellphone?
  • 78: What colour is your cellphone?
  • 79: What did you dream of last night?
  • 80: Are you atheist?
  • 81: Will you change your name when you get married?
  • 82: Are you ready for autumn weather?
  • 83: Have you had any big storms recently?
  • 84: What kind of bottoms are you wearing?

She never gives a straight answer, always hiding behind a curtain of vague words and round about phrases. She walks in circles, always just out of reach. They call her manipulative, evasive, always twisting what people say to suit her needs, but she’s not like that, not really. She just doesn’t know how not to speak in riddles, how not to build mazes and paradoxical labyrinths with every word she says, because it’s so ingrained into every fiber of her being. It’s a defense mechanism, really, more than anything. When people attack her, when they laugh and scoff at her, she withdraws within herself and spits out sentences that seem to mean everything and nothing all at once. It’s a defense mechanism, because if they can’t find her behind the haziness she’s constructed around herself, they can’t touch her, can’t even hurt her, even if sometimes they’re right when they call her pretentious or false or deceitful. It’s hard to tell which started the other, if she’s like this because they pick apart at her or if they scratch at her until her heart bleeds because she makes mazes. Her life is something of a web of intricacies just like her speech, but she doesn’t know how to do differently, doesn’t know how to stop. Isabella Sunday (via flowerlilies)

(Source: larmoyante, via yunzi)