screencap meme:
looking down - the hollow crown (asked by pinkloki)

For God’s sake, let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings;
How some have been deposed; some slain in war,
Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed;
Some poison’d by their wives: some sleeping kill’d;
All murder’d: for within the hollow crown
That rounds the mortal temples of a king

asprytan:

“…Tell sad stories of the death of kings;
How some have been deposed; some slain in war,
Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed;
Some poison’d by their wives: some sleeping kill’d;
All murder’d: for within the hollow crown
That rounds the mortal temples of a king
Keeps Death his court…”
(Richard II, 3.2)

words i want to say to you

“She trembled in his arms but he didn’t know the words to soothe her. His French was dismal at best and her English broken, but he wanted to say, “don’t be afraid” and he wanted her to nod in response, blissful in the knowledge that her husband would sooner die than hurt her in any way. He wanted to tell her that from the moment he saw her, he thought her perfect and loved her, and when he saw that she was not perfect, he loved her even more..”

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songsofwolves:

I’ll so offend to make offense a skill.

Good sometime queen, prepare thee hence for France: 

Think I am dead and that even here thou takest, 

As from my death-bed, thy last living leave.

x

asprytan:

A calm (instrumental-ish) mix for Richard II and all the kings who failed.

i. Chapter 5: Rachmaninov - Choir (Haggard) ii. Kingdom - Anathema iii. Flow - Qntal iv. To Stir The Sea - Be’lakor v. In Search Of Lost Innocence - Lisa Gerrard vi. Dante’s Prayer - Loreena McKennitt vii. When The Sun Drowns In The Ocean - Altar Of Plagues viii. Time - Hans Zimmer ix. Solace - Lisa Gerrard x. Lullaby - Loreena McKennitt

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rycz:

My series of posters for Shakespeare’s Henriad.