romantic academia

[hoeforromanticacademia]

i may be very cynical about relationships and love, but all i want in the world is to share a bookshelf with someone, watching as our books merge together until we can no longer remember whose is whose

[hoeforromanticacademia]

in the mood to ignore all of my emotional issues by reading about my comfort characters trauma instead

[classycoffeesublime]

the thing I long for the most in life, is to finde a person I can read poetry to. A person to hold me while sleeping and aperson to fully understand the deapts of my soul.

[vomitpartyart]

housesitting

[inksplit]

[hoeforromanticacademia]

does anyone else get such an impossible yearning for academia? sometimes all i want to do is consume literature, philosophy, history, poetry, art, to the point it becomes near to overwhelming. i want to do so much, learn so much, and i’ll never be able to do it all, yet the love of it keeps me going. maybe i can’t read all of the books i want to, but that makes the ones i read even more special.

[draculasswife-deactivated202212]

Romantic Encounter (illustration), 1864, by Mihály Zichy.

[strausswinter]

The Secret History Translation Masterlist

i was going to put this on a spam account but then decided to put it on a public one. who knows, maybe someone will benefit from it! if i’ve made any mistakes, do let me know

a moi. l’histoire d’une de mes folies (to me. the history of one of my follies or my turn. the tale of my madness)

quod erat demonstrandum (it can be shown)

cubitum eamus? (will you sleep with me?)

consummatum est (it is done)

hoi polloi. barbaroi [the many/majority. barbarian (person who doesn’t speak greek)]

bei nacht und nebel (at night and in fog)

deprendi miserum est (it is wretched to be found out)

khairei (hello)

bakchoi (initiates)

cuniculus molestus (annoying rabbit)

arrectis auribus (attentively/ears peeled)

dormir plutôt que vivre (sleep rather than live)

dans un sommeil aussi doux que la mort (in a sleep as sweet as death)

requiescat in pace (rest in peace)

n’est-ce pas (isn’t that so)

amor vincit omnia (love conquers all)

raison d’être (reason for existence)

nihil sub sole novum (there is nothing new under the sun)

quel plaisir der vous revoir (what a great pleasure to see you again)

genis gratus, corpore glabellus, arte multiscius, et fortuna opulentus (smooth-cheeked, soft-skinned, well-educated and rich)

dénouement (outcome)

salve, amice (hello, friend)

valesne? (are you well?)

quid est rei? (what is the matter?)

benigne dicis (i thank you)

bureau de tabac (tobacco store)

Χαλεπά τά καλά (beauty is harsh)

mais, vrai, j’ai trop pleuré! (oh, truly, i have wept too much!)

les aubes sont navrantes (the dawns are heartbreaking)

hinc illae lacrimae (hence those tears)

sic oculos, sic ille manus, sic ora ferebat (such eyes, such hands, such looks)

[dimpledthings]

don’t be embarrassed that little joys take up a lot of space in your heart. sometimes they’re the most important things there are in your life, and deserve your attention

[butterflypeaflowertea]

i think university is about walking around campus with a tote bag (or backpack) and trying to look purposeful and busy. and whoever manages to look the most purposeful and busy wins

[drfaustus]

christopher marlowe wrote plays 400 years ago and they went on to give me massive brain rot

[drfaustus]

literally how was i supposed to read this and be normal about it

[wedarkacademia]

“And so, when a person meets the half that is his very own, whatever his orientation, whether it’s to young men or not, then something wonderful happens: the two are struck from their senses by love, by a sense of belonging to one another, and by desire, and they don’t want to be separated from one another, not even for a moment.” ― Plato, The Symposium

[haevehn-deactivated20220808]

“According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.”   ― Plato, The Symposium

Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss Sculpture by Antonio Canova, located at the Musée du Louvre, Paris, France.

[kingjem]

"at the touch of love everyone becomes a poet" is such a fucking beautiful quote i literally cannot stop thinking about it

[november-angst]

it's been so long since i read russian poetry. one of my old favorites.

Listen - Vladimir Mayakovsky

Послушайте!

Ведь, если звезды зажигают -

значит - это кому-нибудь нужно?

Значит - кто-то хочет, чтобы они были?

Значит - кто-то называет эти плевочки

жемчужиной?

Translation:

Listen!

See, if stars light up

does it mean that there is someone who needs it?

Does it mean that someone wants them to exist?

It means that someone calls these little spits

magnificent.

[raen1-deactivated20240910]

— calling somebody by their full name is a love language

[yavreads]

“It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.”

-Donna Tartt, The Secret History