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It seems the snowflakes here are more magical than usual, with an extra dose of glitter and shimmer than the flakes outside the gates…

take a break while watching this little bunny cross your dash

Grace Elizabeth behind the scenes for GUESS Jeans SS16

“Sometimes the sun shines and it still rains. The weather changes all the time. You can too.”

— Iain S. Thomas, I Wrote This For You (via goodreadss)

via weheartit

Tracy K. Smith, from “Don’t You Wonder, Sometimes?”, Life on Mars

— Hermann Hesse, from “Iris”, The Fairytales of Hermann Hesse

Audrey Hepburn photographed by Pierluigi Praturlon with her yorkshire terrier, Mr. Famous, on her Villa near Rome, Italy, 1960.  From the Audrey Hepburn Christie’s auction.

(A new favorite of mine.)

Audrey Hepburn in War and Peace (1956)

“If women become pleased with themselves from birth, and learn to associate power with the womb instead of with the phallus, a dominance of females over males is not only possible but likely. Their self-confidence would cause in them a tremendous release of psychic power with which the males would be unable to cope.”

— Katharine Burdekin | Proud Man (1934)

Ball of Fire (1941) dir. Howard Hawks

idk if men know this but

if you have to beg a girl into saying yes, it’s not consensual. if you make a girl feel bad for not wanting to have sex with you to the point where she says yes, it’s not consensual. if you have to trick a girl into saying yes, it’s not consensual.

“I think she deserves roses, kisses, and good thoughts every morning.”

— juansen dizon

20 books everyone needs to read at least once because people will reference them in front of you your entire life:

“the faerie queene,” by edmund spenser. this poem is both an epic and an allegory, written in (mostly) iambic pentameter. it is divided up into six books (plus a little bit of a seventh) which you should read, if for no other reason than the fact that there’s supposedly an exclusive book club at harvard university for the select few people who have finished all six sections

“romeo and juliet,” and “othello,” both by shakespeare. these plays both involve two lovers who die because of communication issues. and they’re both super important to read because there are so many references to them, both in other pieces of classic lit., and in modern culture

“the picture of dorian gray,” by oscar wilde. if you can’t tell, this is my favorite book ever. if you can get past the purple prose, it’s one of the most ‘dark academia’ books ever. it’s got references to other famous pieces of literature (which i’ll include on the list), lots of gay shit, a dramatic young adult who loves shakespeare, and ofc, murder

“the brothers karamazov,” by fyodor dostoevsky. actually started reading this one to impress a boy; i think that perhaps he and i have different concepts of what is considered impressive, but the book has turned out amazing, so i’m happy. it has lots of wonderful philosophical and theological discussions. the one thing you may not like is that Dostoevsky constantly goes off on little tangents (like Herodotus). it simultaneously fascinates me and makes me want to smack him with a stick

“the prince,” by niccolo machiavelli. this isn’t classic literature so much as it is political science, but honestly, so many people talk about ‘machiavellianism’ without ever having read the original Machiavellian treatise, and it would be so much better to just read the book and then be able to cite machiavelli himself at your next political-philosophy discussion.

“the canterbury tales,” by geoffrey chaucer. these are classics. they’re filled to the brim with medieval language and sexual innuendo, but that’s part of what makes them so wonderful. if that’s not enough of a selling point, ‘the tale of the deathly hallows’ from “harry potter” is super similar to ‘the pardoner’s tale’ from this book.

“the divine comedy,” by dante alighieri. includes a crap ton of great history references and some super sick burns directed towards the corrupt people of dante’s time.

“meditations,” by marcus aurelius. the original metaphysical journal. probably the epitome of ‘light academia’ if i’ve ever read one

“the great gatsby,” by f. scott fitzgerald. jay gatsby is low-key super relatable…and so is nick, the third wheel…and so is daisy, who feels like women are forced by society to be ‘beautiful little fools’

“the iliad” and “the odyssey,” by homer. i will never ever be able to read ‘the iliad’ again without sobbing hysterically. :’((

“frankenstein,” by mary shelley. not only is this a great book in terms of philosophical potential, but there are so many great things to debate about in it. and, it’s written by a woman :)

“oedipus rex,” by sophocles. my favorite book in 9th grade, though god knows why my mother let me read it then

“metamorphoses,” by ovid. a collection of my all-time favorite myths, which every single person needs to read because it explains how the ancient romans believed the world operated, from the way the sun rises, to the reason we hear echoes.

“the aeneid,” by virgil. suggested by @catilinas :) the final addition to the holy iliad/odyssey/aeneid trinity, written hundreds of years after the last part, by a different author, and in latin instead of the original greek. chronologically ocurrs at about the same time as the odyssey, although from the trojan perspective.

“1984” (suggested by @alexickotowaffle) and “animal farm,” both by george orwell. i’m sticking them together because although the plots are completely different, they both remind me of today’s culture in rather unfortunate ways. but they’re very well written, and i do adore orwell’s style :)

“don quixote,” by miguel de cervantes. an absolutely hysterical book; i kept laughing out loud the entire time i was reading it. it satirizes getting wrapped up in the world of books, to which i’m sure we can all relate.

“hamlet,” by william shakespeare. finally crossed this off of my “to read” list and i absolutely loved it. hamratio (is that the ship name for hamlet x horatio?) is wonderful, the whole play is excellent, and i would highly recommend it

real, ‘old fashioned’ gentlemen make me swoon. holding the door open for your date, or opening the car door for her. buying her flowers. dressing up and then paying for the date. giving her his jacket when she’s cold. i know these are small and cliché but they show so much character.

Audrey Hepburn is fitted in her wedding dress at the Italian fashion house of Sorelle Fontana in Rome, 1954

me on the weekend v. me during the week

Paris on film

Grace Kelly in Dial M for Murder (1954).

“She is I think beautiful, elegant, graceful, silly, fashionable and strange.”

— John Keats on Fanny Brawne, 1818

Jean Simmons at home, 1946

i really, really love the moon

oh to be a little bird in a roman fresco surrounded by flowers…perhaps taking a bath or eating some cherries…profound

Alda Merini - Alda Merini, from Love Lessons, tr. by Susan Stewart

the only person i aspire to be is audrey hepburn.

atonement (2007)

‘so, my sister and robbie were never able to have the time together they both so longed for… and deserved.’