virtue? a fig!

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the church in the coptic monastery of the virgin mary in bethlehem, palestine. this unique church is built inside of a cave tunnel which connects it to the nearby church of the nativity. the holy family is said to have passed through it during their stay in bethlehem. saint helena, who established churches across palestine during her time, is said to have established this one as well. the coptic archbishop of jerusalem purchased this and four nearby homes in the 1950s, establishing the monastery and re-establishing the church. today, the site is maintained by two nuns.

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H. R. Giger - Fledermaus-Gürtelschnalle, 1980 (Metal buckle)

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His and her

His tongue trembled to say it. Her heart ached to hear it.

(Mine) Yes, Yours.

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Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

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Come back. Even as a shadow, even as a dream.

Euripides, Herakles  (via jameskirke)

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As I cannot be the hero, let me be the monster, and lesson them in fear in place of love.

George R.R. Martin, The Winds of Winter [x] (via klngaegon)

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All power inebriates weak men.

Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women

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Australian troops somewhere in the Western Desert in North Africa, November 27, 1942.

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[I]f the pure flame of patriotism have reached their bosoms, they should labour to improve the morals of their fellow-citizens, by teaching men, not only to respect modesty in women, but to acquire it themselves.

Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women

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Amy Lowell, “Decade”

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Man is not the enemy of man.

Thomas Paine, The Rights of Man

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Reason and ignorance, the opposite of each other, influence the great bulk of mankind.

Thomas Paine, The Rights of Man

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All of them breathe a pitying sigh at the burdens of the Nation.

Thomas Paine, The Rights of Man

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Reader, I would not have you fall away from good intentions when you hear the way God wills the debt be paid.

Dante Alighieri, Purgatorio, Canto X

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Before me, nothing was but things eternal, and eternal, I endure.

Inscription above the gates of hell in Dante's Inferno

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Through me the way to the City of Woe, Through me the way to everlasting pain, Through me, the way among the lost.

Inscription above the gates of Hell in Dante's Inferno