#wordoftheday
Mellifluous
Muh-lif-loo-uh s
-adjective
- sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding: a mellifluous voice; mellifluous tones.
- flowing with honey; sweetened with or as if with honey
“The ceremony begins again, and as the mayor begins his speech in Italian, those mellifluous, see-sawing, meaningless harpsichord words, Less feels his mind drifting away like a spaceman from an airlock, off into the asteroid belt of his own concerns.”
-Less (2017) by Andrew Sean Greer
Soigné
[swahn-yey; French swa-nyey]
-adjective
- carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- well-groomed.
“A poet, a playwright, a scholar, and a gay black man who left the overt racism of America for the soigné racism of France.”
-Less (2017) by Andrew Sean Greer
Sustenance
sustenance—noun
means of sustaining life; nourishment.
means of livelihood.
the process of sustaining.
the state of being sustained.
“Your love is my sustenance.”
There are things that need to be forgotten if you want to keep on living.
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There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you’d better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you’ll never understand what it’s saying.
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Close some doors today. Not because of pride, incapacity, or arrogance, but simply because they lead you nowhere.
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Thank you. For every last bruise you gave me. For every time I sat in tears. For the million ways you hurt me. I just want to tell you this: You broke my world. Made me strong. Thank you. Messed up my dreams. Made me strong. Thank you!
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Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful.
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You can change yourself and you can change the situation but you absolutely cannot change other people. Only they can do that.
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Good morning, and in case I don’t see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!
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The only people with whom you should try to get even are with those who have helped you.
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To have someone understand your mind is a different kind of intimacy.
-urbanrealism
To my very core.
What’s the word for when you’ve been laughing at funny videos or messages like stupid autocorrect for so long you literally cannot stop laughing. Your laughter is stuck on. And you’re like “that one’s not even funny but hahahah” cause it doesn’t matter.