February 2012
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Bacchantes
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The frenzied devotees of Bacchus, who took part in the orgiastic workship of the deity. The frenzy was believed to be imparted by the ivy which they ate.
Gods: A Dictionary of the Deities of All Lands by Bessie Redfield, 1931.
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Reblog if it's okay to befriend you, ask...
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The act of worship, as carried on by Christians, seems to me to be debasing...
– H.L. Mencken, in a letter to Will Durant
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January 2012
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Parents: Here's a list of reasons why you're not meeting my standards
Me: Okay...
boys: Here are all the reasons I don't want you
Me: Okay...
Random people at school: Here's all the reasons we laugh at you
Me: Okay...
Everyone: Why is your self-esteem so low? Jeez. It's annoying. Stop complaining.
Me:
Me:
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Me:
Me: Okay...
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If I could love a man who would love me enough to take me for a mere fifty...
– BBC’s Pride and Prejudice (1995)
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Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous...
– Hamlet by William Shakespeare (via thecorset)
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Lilith
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Assyro-Babylonian ‘goddess of storms’, misinterpreted as ‘night-hag’ from Hebrew lail ‘night’.
The Oxford English Dictionary of English Christian Names by E.G. Withycombe, 1977.