PERESTROIKA

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[ampazourvskomodino]

[garadinervi]

Primo Levi, (1975), Das periodische System, Afterword by Natalia Ginzburg, Translation by Edith Plackmeyer, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag (dtv Verlag), 1991

Cover Design: Celestino Piatti Photograph (Primo Levi, cover): © Jerry Bauer

[cinemagal]

We’ll have to show our little friend, Alex, here that we know the law too. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)

[luthienne]

...and there was longing in me that felt heavy as lead.

Etty Hillesum, from a diary entry featured in An Interrupted Life: the Diaries, 1941-1943 and Letters from Westerbork (translated from the Dutch by Arnold J. Pomerans)

[riverbird]

"Life may be brimming over with experiences, but somewhere, deep inside, all of us carry a vast and fruitful loneliness wherever we go."

Etty Hillesum, An interrupted Life: The Diaries, 1941–1943; and Letters from Westerbork

[hammer-ov-thor]

[the-cinder-fields]

Kay Nielsen, The Queen Did Not Know Him from East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North, 1914

[blixieperestroika]

West of the Moon, She Knew Him Once. 

[wrcreagh]

Morning fog, Clapham Common.

[blixieperestroika]

“I knew you in this dark: for so you frowned”

[jiji-de-jiji]

雪の上を歩くキツネ　Fox

© jiji

[kateoplis]

[nprfreshair]

Justice Anthony Kennedy writing for the majority on the Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage. 

Supreme Court Declares Same-Sex Marriage Legal In All 50 States

[jacknicholson]

[infinitemarilynmonroe]

June 26, 1953

“I’ll never forget Marilyn saying, “It’s for all time, isn’t it?” “Yes,” I told her, “it’s for all time, or as long as the cement lasts.” She made me cry, she was so sweet. I believed in her. We made a hell of a team and I wish we had done another picture together.” - Jane Russell

[carolynegrod-deactivated2020012]

[blixieperestroika]

Sun burn. Antidote.

[stoicremains-deactivated2017102]

How much of life I have known: love, disillusion, madness, hatred, murderous passions. How to be honest. I see beginnings, flashes, yet how to organize them knowledgably, to finish them. I will write mad stories. But honest. I know the horror of primal feelings, obsessions.

Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals Of Sylvia Plath  (via lentigos)

[kamara]

The whole culture is telling you to hurry, while the art tells you to take your time. Always listen to the art.

Junot Díaz  (via h-o-r-n-g-r-y)

[whenwilligetmyrights]

“Every time someone says we don’t need feminism anymore, things like this come to mind. Due to insufficient dowry this young girl’s husband lacerated her face with a razor blade.” (Gwalior - India) - ph. Adrian Fisk

[fuckyeahvintage-retro]

Trafalgar Square in London, 1948 © Warburton Topical PA GettyImage