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Nikos Kazantzakis, from a letter featured in The Selected Letters of Nikos Kazantzakis
...she sits alone at her table, shuffling her tarot deck compulsively.
Erin Morgenstern, from 'The Night Circus'
Wrath: One day you’ll call me Death. For now Wrath will do.
Emilia: Wrath will do what
god if there was a book of forbidden spells I wouldn’t even hesitate
DESTINED: The sender recognizes the receiver from a dream, a past life, or a vision.
there was something unsettling in the woman’s gaze … too sharp, too knowing, like she was seeing through skin and sinew to something older. emilia didn’t flinch under it, but she felt it all the same. that quiet pull in her chest. like something long buried had just opened its eyes.
❝ you’re looking at me like you’ve seen a ɢʜᴏsᴛ, ❞
she said softly, the corner of her mouth lifting, not quite a smile. her voice was calm, but edged in a subtle tension, like a wire pulled tight. she stepped a little closer, the candlelight catching in her eyes—brown and warm, but watchful. searching. ❝ or maybe just someone you thought you’d already lost. ❞ a pause, and then, gently —curiously : ❝ do i feel familiar to you? ❞ she didn’t ask with disbelief. she wasn’t mocking. if anything … she almost wanted to hear the answer. because deep in her bones, where memories had no names and time had no shape, emilia felt it too — the echo of something once lived. or dreamed. or promised.
[ annoyed Kami ] " you're getting blood on the my carpet. "
❝ I thought a little red might add to the … charm. ❞ her voice was smooth ᵘⁿᵗᵒᵘᶜʰᵉᵈ ᵇʸ ʳᵉᵐᵒʳˢᵉ but amusement flickered in her eyes as they finally met Kami’s.
❝ but if it bothers you that much … ❞ emilia tilted her head, studying kami. there was something about her — something in the way she stood, unimpressed and unshaken, that made the witch want to push just a little further. ❝ I suppose I could make it up to you. any preference? wine? a séance? a less ... dramatic entrance next time? ❞ a smirk ghosted across her lips, equal parts amusement and challenge.
❝ or ... ❞ her voice dipped lower, softer, like the start of a secret. ❝ you could just tell me what the spirits are saying about me. I'm sure they're pʎᴉuƃ to weigh in. ❞
[cheerfully] i've been in self-made hells worse than this
Holy places are dark places […] Holy wisdom is not clear and thin like water, but thick and dark like blood.
C. S. Lewis, from ‘Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold’
Deva Cassel as ANGELICA SEDARA IL GATTOPARDO (THE LEOPARD) — 2025