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lola; brazil; xx; book reviews & langblr

[indiiiart]

[dirtcup]

[paintingslaurlikes]

Élisée Maclet. The Garden of Montmartre. 1950. Oil on canvas. Private collection.

[weltonboys]

intangible - madisen kuhn

[drizzlingtears]

Before Dawn - Xiao Hua Yang

[sci-universe]

Tiny starfishes I captured in the aquariums of Artis Royal Zoo, Amsterdam

[serratedpens]

Danez Smith, “It Began Right Here”

[seaoflove]

subway hands but make it flemish & renaissance art

“Portrait of Heinrike Dannecker” Gottlieb Schick / “Portrait of Laura Battiferri” Bronzino / “San Simón” Pedro Pablo Rubens / “Female Saint Holding a Book” Amico Aspertini / “The Card Game on the Cradle: Allegory” Johannes van Wijckersloot /Jean François de Troy, "Portrait of Princess Louisa Maria Theresa Stuart"

[firstfullmoon]

“Who holds the reins of my desires if not my hands? My hands—my body’s gates of tenderness, the tools of my wonders, be they violent or gentle, be they both.”

— Natalie Diaz, from The Hand Has Twenty-Seven Bones—: These Hands If Not Gods (via wishbzne)

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Details of “Vengeance is Sworn” (1851 - oil on canvas) by Francesco Hayez (1791-1882)

[ryebreadgf]

daniel garber

[lesbianfreyja]

the phrase “curiosity killed the cat” is actually not the full phrase it actually is “curiosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought it back” so don’t let anyone tell you not to be a curious little baby okay go and be interested in the world uwu

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See also:

Blood is thicker than water The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.

Meaning that relationships formed by choice are stronger than those formed by birth.

[espurr-roba]

Let’s not forget that “Jack of all trades, master of none” ends with “But better than a master of one.”

It means that being equally good/average at everything is much better than being perfect at one thing and sucking at everything else. So don’t worry if you’re not perfect at something you do! Being okay is better!

[theshantiestme11ophone]

These made me feel better

[thelifeofatubaplayer]

Also, “great minds think alike” ends with “but fools rarely differ”

It goes to show that conformity isn’t always a good thing. And that just because more than one person has the same idea, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a good idea.

[eattheacid]

what the fuck why haven’t i heard the full version to any of these 

[terror-billie]

“Birds of a feather flock together” ends with “until the cat comes.”

It’s actually a warning about fair-weather friends, not an assessment of how complementary people are.

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I’ve always felt like these were cut down on purpose.

[washington-acp]

I really like these phrases and plan on spreading this knowledge.

[alwayswillgraham]

The early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

[its-kks-world]

I want to make designs out of these.

[sunderlorn]

Funny how all the half-finished ones encourage uniformity and upholding the status-quo, while the complete proverbs encourage like…living exciting, eclectic lives driven by choice and personal passion.

[thestrawberrynight]

today's mood: get lost alone in Paris, wandering through small streets, find an old library and buy book here, spending the whole evening in vintage cafe and enjoying hot chocolate

[there-is-still-some-liquor-left]

shakespeare woke up everyday and he said “well. time to write another role for david tennant.”

[andromedes]

ballets or musicals? art or literature? reader or writer? cafe or library? poetry or prose? art galleries or history museums? silk or velvet? regency or victorian? piano or violin? hardcover or paperback?

[somerabbitholes]

An afternoon in annotations

[mycircadianhabits]

Today’s setup. Quick reading session before my Ethics and Justice discussion