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Art and Literature Sanctuary: A Refuge / Side blog: zamfirazeama Avatar: “In Spite of Everything, Spring” – Jacqueline Lamba

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Henriëtte Ronner-Knip (Dutch–Belgian, 1821–1909), "Study of Eleven Cats" (details), 1904

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Frank Paton (English, 1855–1909), "Witness my Act and Deed", 1882

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Géza Vastagh (Hungarian, 1866–1919), "Reclining Tiger" (close-up)

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"Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up."

† Hosea 6:1 (KJV) †

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Karl Wagner (German, 1864–1939), "Ten-Point Stag in the Forest"

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Carl Frederik Sørensen (Danish, 1818–1879), "Danish Ships in Rough Seas" (details), 1877

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reblog inception for mote's tags:

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Follower of Franz Werner von Tamm (German, 1658–1724), "Guinea Pigs and Pigeons in a Wicker Basket" (detail)

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Kim Daehyun (a.k.a Moonassi), "In Gentle Hands" and "With Water Alone"

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Carl Frederik Sørensen (Danish, 1818–1879), "Seascape with a Yacht in Rough Waters along the Cliffs of Møn" (details), 1869

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Karl Wagner (German, 1864–1939), "Ten-Point Stag in the Forest" (detail)

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"[...] and then, with even greater agitation began to speak. Her story was incoherent, the turmoil of her spirit could be felt in her words, but Ordynov understood it all, because her life had become his life, her grief his grief, [...]"

— Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Landlady, 1847

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Selected works by Alexander Dzigurski and Alexander Dzigurski II.

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Selected works by Alexander Dzigurski and Alexander Dzigurski II.

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"Though I may not be happy, yet am I not unhappy in my loneliness."

— Mika Waltari, The Egyptian, 1945

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Salvador Dalí, "The Vertebrate Grotto – Transfer Series", 1936

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Chinese mosaic fur-carpet (ca. 1905). From: P. Pellifex, Annals of Furs, No. 1.

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“When a captive lion steps out of his cage, he comes into a wider world than the lion who has known only the wilds. While he was in captivity, there were only two worlds for him — the world of the cage, and the world outside the cage. Now he is free. He roars. He attacks people. He eats them. Yet he is not satisfied, for there is no third world that is neither the world of the cage nor the world outside the cage.”

— Yukio Mishima, Thirst for Love, 1950