[charnel-grounds]

“He had been mad for days — but something cool and collected in his brain had driven him on eastward. . . .”

Lawrence Sterne Stevens (1884–1960), illustration to “The Eye of Balamok” by Victor Rousseau

Fantastic Novels Vol. 3 #1, May 1949 — source

[spiresinthesnow]

[thirdity]

“You live on the surface… You sometimes seem profound, but it’s only because you piece a lot of surfaces together to create the impression of depth, solidity. That solidity would collapse if you try to stand it up.”

— Umberto Eco, Foucault’s Pendulum

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[undinesea]

Transcend yourself — descend into yourself.

Vyacheslav Ivanov, from Transcende te ipsum

[thedireful]

Today, suddenly, I reached an absurd but unerring conclusion. In a moment of enlightenment, I realized that I'm nobody, absolutely nobody.

[theoptia]

Fernando Pessoa, from The Book of Disquiet

[portalibis]

The scheme of the universe according to the greeks and romans, Natalis Comitis Mythologiae, c. 1637 by Natale Conti

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[18avelinus]

[dannaedann]

[vertigo1871]

Paul Grabwinkler (1880-1946), Der Unerbittliche Freier, 1931

[theoptia]

Albert Camus, from Notebooks 1951-1959; May 13th, 1959

[nonporous]

[aidashakur]

What’s not genuine won’t survive around me and I love that.

[maisouestlechat]

Rebeca Fleur Trick or Treat

[pinkblanc]

Anders Billow, Sverige: Svenska Turistföreningen, 1937

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[saulkaroo]

Andre Vergereau, Mademoiselle Cinglade, Editions Prima n.d. (1936) illustrated by Marilac (Mario Laboccetta)