"He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace."
— Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych
the day started out kind of nice
“To fall in love with someone's thoughts - the most intimate, splendid romance.”
Sanober Khan
Margaret Howell FW 2017 a.k.a. The dark academia collection of your dreams.
Pride & Prejudice (2005) dir. Joe Wright Sense and Sensibility (1995) dir. Ang Lee Emma (2020) dir. Autumn de Wilde
I’ve been getting into sketching with fountain pens, I love the way it looks!
my favourite shots from st. paul’s cathedral / melbourne, australia!
I began to film for a ‘day in the life/lookbook of a dark academic’ today; became infatuated with the scenery while doing so // ig: rosenaufsuden
it was a reading day | more on my instagram account: thomreads
elie saab | fall 2020
view from the reading nook, Hart House, University of Toronto
Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming....
Oscar Wilde, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐷𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑦
bachelors thesis research 📚
I love how 1800s ladies’ hair looks like when they’ve brushed out their rag curls and the day is over and their hair just looks so cozy and wonderful
Does anyone else remember that sequence in tsh where hampden like bends over backwards to get richard financial aid and get him out to campus. What the fuck was that. What WORLD was he living in.
i am used to being lonely but forever to be a stranger is a strange grief.
My room🏠
Moodboard: Dead Poets Society.
“Carpe, carpe. Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.”
Robert Sean Leonard, Dead Poets Society (1989)
Dark academia on the runway.
Lemaire Fall 2016
me: procrastinates on my homework and projects, puts off everything until i reach the point when i have to stay up until 5 am finishing everything and then having a mental breakdown over empty mugs of coffee because i have a quiz at 6:30 am that i did not study for
me: d A RK ACADEMIA
“I used to imagine adventures for myself, I invented a life, so that I could at least exist somehow.”
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Aes: Slytherin Girls
“stay away from the ones you love too much. those are the ones who will kill you.” - the goldfinch, donna tartt