For a short while myself I vowed To teaching sin and spreading doubt Of all things noble, all things fair. But not for long ... mankind I wrenched Too easily to my fell will. The flame of faith, too easy quenched, Left me triumphant, but without An object worthy of my skill. To mislead hypocrites and fools... What profit was there for me there?
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Noah Gundersen | David
I am only responsible for my own heart, you offered yours up for the smashing, my darling. Only a fool would give out such a vital organ.
— Anaïs Nin   (via winedark)

davosseaworth:

zdoriksandorik:

GOT/ASOIAF meme: eight friendships and/or otps (6/8) Davos and Stannis

“Arise, Admiral of the Narrow Sea and Hand of the King”

#this is one of my favourite Stannis lines ever #and it’s so rarely quoted but it says so so much about him #Then we will make new lords #this is Stannis’ well repressed idealism speaking #this is Stannis saying fuck you to all those people who don’t deserve their titles in his eyes #this is Stannis saying that the realm needs not just more people but more LORDS like Davos #smart and honest and pragmatic and loyal #people who deserve to be lords 

#I love this moment because it’s one of the rare times Stannis allows himself to think properly about what should be rather than what is #our lords suck? then fuck them we’ll make new lords #better lords #who will make this realm better #Stannis doesn’t give a fuck about who you are and where you come from and who your father was #Stannis will judge you by your deeds #he’ll execute lords and raise smugglers to lordships if that’s what they deserve #I also love that he says WE will make new lords #not I #WE #because Stannis knows that no man can rule alone #I can only repeat it #Stannis is the very best of them
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argosy:

The National - England

andnowimhere:

You know, Avon, you gotta think about what we got in this game for, man. Huh? Was it the rep? Was it so our names could ring out on some fucking ghetto streetcorner, man? Naw, man. There’s games beyond the fucking game.

- Russell “Stringer” Bell

we all have a secret… one of us is a hero, one of us is a fraud. one of us is a junkie, one of us is a cop. one of us is a saint, one of us is a sinner. one of us is a martyr, one of us is a murderer. all of us are guilty. all of us are lost.

My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, general of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.