honestly why does Mr. Darcy, a man from the late 1700s and early 1800s, understand that an independent female is an awesome thing more than people from 2017? also he respects her decision to reject him?
Because a woman wrote him.
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These human remains were unearthed in 1972 at the Teppe Hasanlu archaeological site, located in Iran. It had been burned after a military attack that had spread quickly through the town and killed many people. The skeletons were found in a plaster grain bin and are thought to have been hiding from soldiers, but quickly died of asphyxia. The skeletons are male and female (female on left) and have been buried for 2800 years. Due to the fact that the couple appears to be kissing each other, perhaps to signify eternal love, this photograph earned the title of The 2800 Years Old Kiss.
I compose myself. My self is a thing I must now compose, as one composes a speech. What I must present is a made thing, not something born.
Margaret Atwood, from The Handmaid’s Tale (via echymosis)
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