In the beginning, we held the universe in our mouths and stardust dripped bloody from our lips. We were celestial and we were hungry and we were magic. In the beginning, we loved like monsters, splitting our bones wide open, setting our broken bodies on fire, licking poison from our wrists. We were hollow and we were titans and we were terrible. In the beginning, we reveled in our unholiness, in the freedom of our sins. We never asked for forgiveness and the world burned and burned and burned. We were wild and we were wide-eyed and we were forgotten. We will rebuild the kingdom out of teeth.
Emily Palermo,Β Genesis (via starredsoul)
4 aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle (Γric Rohmer, 1987)
if youβre like me and struggle with varying the gestures your characters show β this might help !Β a comprehensive (bordering on too long)Β list of different gestures and body language you could include in your literary ventures. i claim no ownership for this list, it was sourced here: x
he lowered his head
she hung her head
he ducked
she bowed her head
he covered his eyes with a hand
she pressed her hands to her cheeks
she raised her chin
he lifted his chin
her hands squeezed into fists
his hands tightened into fists
she clenched her fists
she balled her fists
he unclenched his fists
her arms remained at her sides
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