[mariainme]

We mature with damage, not with years.

— Mateus William

[mariainme]

Curled up | Shut off

[mariainme]

What i have to say is as fragile as snow, but as strong as the deluge.

— Anaïs Nin, from the diary of Anaïs Nin. Volume 3, 1939-1944

[mariainme]

Good-night, sweet princess. Be stoic; don't panic; get through this hell...

— Sylvia Plath, from a journal entry

[mariainme]

Night over Lucca

[mariainme]

Majestic Duomo | Firenze

[mariainme]

Pirate Girl Don’t cry.

Know how to look up.

Dare to sail my black ‘n blue sky.

I won’t stop until you twirl.

My Kite’s tail will make you fly.

[mariainme]

Mantra

[mariainme]

Start small. Grow tall.

— Roo Panes, Little Giant

[mariainme]

‘Here, all things scream silently.’

— Yevgeny Yevtushenko, tr. by George Reavey, from “Babii Yar,” wr. c. 1952

[mariainme]

‘ It’s just that, as well as love, you also have to know how to kill.’

— Magda Szabó, from “The Door,” published c. November 1987

[mariainme]

Via Corsica | Pisa

[mariainme]

Tower and Duomo | Pisa

[mariainme]

‘Sweet witch, you are my worried guide..’

— Anne Sexton, from The Division Of Parts in “The Complete Poems Of Anne Sexton

[mariainme]

Perugia | Rocca Paolina

[mariainme]

An espresso | Cortona

[mariainme]

When darkness falls | Tuscany

[mariainme]

Butterflies on Lavender | Video | Tuscany