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Ophelia, 1872 - oil on canvas
— Jean-Baptiste Bertrand (France, 1823–1887)
Edgar Bundy (1862-1922) "A Witch" Oil on canvas
*through gritted teeth* you are not a child taking a test with the purpose of getting the highest score, you are an adult trying new things and finding ways to enjoy your life, make mistakes, be a beginner, be mediocre, be where you need to be, be unlikeable, just. be.
The moth and the flame. Divine emblems. 1867.
Internet Archive
“Leg in the air - Parthenon” by Edgard Alsteens, used on a postcard, 1986.
via Reddit
precisely
instagram | photos are my own, reblogs fine, do not repost/reuse
Quinta da Regaleira, Portugal.
北条鉄道-Hojo Railway
Charlotte Brontë, from “Jane Eyre”
it’s dangerous to go alone, take this
Less magic schools. More magic universities. Unlearn the simplified models of your secondary education. Discover how to reference scrolls written by a wizard possessed by a different wizard. Identify bias in the voices that whisper from beyond the veil. Have your institution be accused of promoting a Merlinist agenda. Become addicted to energy potions.
When F. Scott Fitzgerald said, “Show me a hero and I’ll write you a tragedy.”
But also, when Madeline Miller said, “Name one hero who was happy.”
Donna Tartt, The Secret History
I am back.
I am older. The last few years have been a concatenation of love, loss, and learning.
I am blessed. To own my apartment, have a secure job, good friends and family, and the opportunity to continue my education with masters degree.
I am terrified. That I have gotten older, know how heartbreak feels, and have discovered how strong I can truely be.
I am back.
latin phrases worth knowing:
(in case you wanted to know because i fucking love this language)
ad astra per aspera - to the stars through difficulties
alis volat propriis - he flies by his own wings
amantium irae amoris integratio est - the quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love
ars longa, vita brevis - art is long, life is short
aut insanity homo, aut versus facit - the fellow is either mad or he is composing verses
dum spiro spero - while I breathe, I hope
ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem - with the sword, she seeks peace under liberty
exigo a me non ut optimus par sim sed ut malis melior - I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better than the bad
experiential docet - experience teaches
helluo librorum - a glutton for books (bookworm)
in libras libertas - in books, freedom
littera scripta manet - the written letter lasts
mens regnum bona possidet - an honest heart is a kingdom in itself
mirabile dictu - wonderful to say
nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit - there is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part
omnia iam fient quae posse negabam - everything which I used to say could not happen, will happen now
poeta nascitur, non fit - the poet is born, not made
qui dedit benificium taceat; narrat qui accepit - let him who has done a good deed be silent; let him who has received it tell it
saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit - often, it is not advantageous to know what will be
sedit qui timuit ne non succederet - he who feared he would not succeed sat still
si vis pacem, para bellum - if you want peace, prepare for war
struit insidias lacrimis cum feminia plorat - when a woman weeps, she is setting traps with her tears
sub rosa - under the rose
trahimir omnes laudis studio - we are led on by our eagerness for praise
urbem latericium invenit, marmoream reliquit - he found the city a city of bricks; he left it a city of marble
ut incepit fidelis sic permanet - as loyal as she began, so she remains
Sleepy Hollow (dir. Tim Burton, 1999)
Castle Ashby Orangery-Near Northhampton, UK. Photo by Haarkon
⚜ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴍᴏᴏᴅʙᴏᴀʀᴅ: ʀᴀᴄʜᴇʟ ⚜️
@mega-combusken
Penny Dreadful aesthetic
♡ 18-8-2020 ♡
Alucard
“Those candle flames were like the lives of men. So fragile. So deadly. Left alone, they lit and warmed. Let run rampant, they would destroy the very things they were meant to illuminate. Embryonic bonfires, each bearing a seed of destruction so potent it could tumble cities and dash kings to their knees.”
- Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
@langdonsdemon
the sheer eroticism of a bloodstained blouse... effervescent.
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