What is this foolish desire

driving me into the wilderness?

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Deborah Kerr and David Niven on the set of Bonjour Tristesse

[blytthe]

- But, you’re *not* a girl! You’re a *guy*, and, why would a guy wanna marry a guy? - Security!

Some Like It Hot (1959) dir. Billy Wilder

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Cold War (Paweł Pawlikowski, 2018)

[msmildred]

Jayne Mansfield, 1955.

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Marlene Dietrich, 1931. Photo by Edward Steichen

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Joan Crawford photographed by George Hurrell, 1932

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[mabellonghetti]

Emmanuelle Beart photographed by Jean-Pierre Larcher, 1980′s

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Modern Screen, January 1932

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Greta Garbo

[the-book-diaries]

You can pretend for a long time, but one day it all falls away and you are alone. We are alone in the most beautiful place in the world…

Jean Rhys, from Wide Sargasso Sea (W. W. Norton, 1966)

[michellepfeiffer]

“I’m very passionate about embracing our different stages of life and loving ourselves along the way. Who decided out there that looking twenty-years-old for the rest of our lives is the “ultimate beauty”? Our bodies continue to change throughout our lives. Our faces mature. It’s fascinating and a beautiful thing.”

[mabellonghetti]

Uma Thurman, c. 1990

[tenthrees]

I know, I know. [I live] in a way nicer house with a way nicer person. Who usually likes to be with me. All the time. Sometimes too much. But I like that. Sometimes too much.

[diablocodys]

Rudeness is merely the expression of fear. People fear they won’t get what they want. The most dreadful and unattractive person only needs to be loved and they will open up like a flower.

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Dir. Wes Anderson

[rogerdeakinsdp]

- Why do you need to do this? - This is what I’m good at.

Ocean’s 8 (2018) dir. Gary Ross 

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Rihanna and Cate Blanchett at the Ocean’s 8 set.