“Whenever I'm asked why Southern writers particularly have a penchant for writing about freaks, I say it is because we are still able to recognize one. To be able to recognize a freak, you have to have some conception of the whole man, and in the South the general conception of man is still, in the main, theological. That is a large statement, and it is dangerous to make it, for almost anything you say about Southern belief can be denied in the next breath with equal propriety. But approaching the subject from the standpoint of the writer, I think it is safe to say that while the South is hardly Christ-centered, it is most certainly Christ-haunted. The Southerner, who isn't convinced of it, is very much afraid that he may have been formed in the image and likeness of God. Ghosts can be very fierce and instructive. They cast strange shadows, particularly in our literature. In any case, it is when the freak can be sensed as a figure for our essential displacement that he attains some depth in literature.”

~ Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

cats being capable of understanding accidents and even giving you a little head bonk to let you know you're still cool makes it infinitely funnier that they don't understand when you're trying to help them

cats when you step on their tail: i'll admit that was rather ouchie, but given the lifetime of goodwill and trust between us, one must conclude this booboo is but a fluke.

cats when you try to get their claws unstuck from the couch covering: this nefarious bitch has never had a single honorable intention in their dishonest and shameful life, this must be one of their sinister plots or perhaps even an attempt on my life,

there is literally nothing in this world more endearing than a girl who is an absolute loser

Torture to be a fan of any exotic animal when it's like. 90% of the footage of them is gonna be from dodo videos of people illegally keeping them as housepets . Really wish I could enjoy this video of a lynx but I also kinda wish everyone involved would die

the always relevant

How To Tell Your Cat That You Could Walk To His Food Faster If He Weren't Weaving Under Your Fucking Feet In A Beautiful And Intricate Idiot's Ballet

how to tell human,,, "ilove you",,,

When their entire relationship is toxic, but they're both so fucked up that it's actually the best case scenario, because subjecting anybody else to either of them would be a human rights violation.

I'm not a hater but so much shit is stupid

Anyway if you see this you have to reblog and tag with a delight from ur day -- even the littlest thing counts

scream baby scream

sitting on and touching warm rocks…………. now thats the good stuff…….

Are you….. A reptile ?

what are you a cop? mind your business 

At the vet’s office

someone copy pasted he

Star trail. Old French fairy tales. c.1920. Spot illustration.

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fall out boy rpf is always morally correct because there's nothing you can make up that's more insane than what they've already said about each other in real life

Jelly-Pig

Ann Solyst (American) | Hard Pastel

Fabulous thank you for showing us OP