“She has a continental exotic quality to her. She’s quite a fiery young woman and incredibly intelligent. So, I think Anne really stood out - fire and intelligence and boldness, and just sheer mercurial qualities - that in comparison to the English roses that were flopping around court, you know, she would have stood out. And Henry noticed that.” — NATALIEDORMER༊*·˚
Being an adult means sharing space with assholes. There’s gonna be shit you need to do, and the only way to get it is by working with one or more huge assholes. They’re not evil. They’re not gonna hurt you. Usually they’re not even bad people, they’re just assholes. And you gotta know how to share space with em.
Being an adult means accepting that you’re an asshole sometimes. You can try your very best, and still come off like a huge asshole. It’s just gonna happen. You gotta know how to say “Hey man, I was being an asshole. Sorry about that. Won’t happen again.”
Remember how at the end of The Dragon Reborn, Ishamael wrapped Moiraine in black lightning and she screamed and Ishy hurled her across the room into a column where she lay unconscious for the whole duration of the book’s final confrontation and then that was just never mentioned again and she was completely fine ?? Not on my watch 🤨
