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𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 ❜𝓼 𝓪 𝓰𝓲𝓻𝓵 𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮, 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓲𝓷 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓮𝔂𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓯𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓱𝓪𝓲𝓻

[metamorphesque]

William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

[boylerpf]

Magnificent gold and enamel plique-à-jour pendant/brooch designed as a “Morning Glory”. It was once part of the collection of Ada Rehan, a popular actress of the late 19th century who starred in several Shakespearean plays.

Work signed Marcus & Co around 1900. Via The Newark Museum of Art collection

[liebesfraulein]

“I recognise you in all the beauty that surrounds me - in form, in colour, in perfume, in harmonious sound: all of these mean you to me.”

— Juliette Drouet, in a letter to Victor Hugo

[designobjectory]

A silver teapot by the Samurai Shokai workshop, Meiji period (early 20th century)

[thehopefulquotes]

“So, if you are too tired to speak, sit next to me because I, too, am fluent in silence.”

— R. Arnold

[edwardian-time-machine]

An embroidered lace bridal gown, circa 1905-1910.

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[dame-de-pique]

Jacques L'Hermite, ‘Iovrnael vande Nassausche vloot’ (t'Amstelredam: by Hessel Gerritsz ende Iacob Pietersz Wachter, t'laer, 1626)

[sailermoon]

From Jane, Wishing. By Tobi Tobias, illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman

[mournfulroses]

Arthur Rimbaud, from The Complete Works of Arthur Rimbaud; "A Heart Under A Cassock,"

[dame-de-pique]

Geraldine Moodie - Yarrow, 1906-1909

[petaltexturedskies]

Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway

[hauntedbystorytelling]

Atelier Manassé-Ricoll ~ Studie, Wien, um 1936 | src getty images

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[weltenwellen]

Richard Jackson, from "After All This"

[sentierscolores]

[thehopefulquotes]

“If you saw her in these moments, you might think she was collecting her thoughts in order to go forward. But I see it another way: Her mind is being overwhelmed by two processes that must simultaneously proceed at full steam. One is to deal with and live in the present world. The other is to re-experience and mourn something that happened long ago.”

— Steve Martin, The Pleasure of My Company

[metamorphesque]

No one has taken anything away, Marina Tsvetaeva (translated by Elaine Feinstein)

[laurapetrie]

“She’s a star-gazer, a dreamy, sensitive soul. She’s a nymph taking refuge in her illusions. She wanders about in a garden, this sweet fanciful girl.”

— Victor Hugo, Les Misérables (1862)