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alex (she/they) • 24 • former pretentious literature student, current pretentious shelf stacker • main blog: delusionalrobot

[happyheidi]

𝖵𝗂𝗅𝗅𝖺 𝖣𝗎𝗋𝖺𝗓𝗓𝗈 𝖯𝖺𝗅𝗅𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗂 𝖻𝗒 𝖯𝖺𝗋𝖼𝗈 𝖯𝗂𝗎̈ 𝖡𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗈 𝖽’𝖨𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗂𝖺

[theoptia]

Marie Howe, from Magdalene: Poems; "Magdalene—The Seven Devils"

Text ID: I didn't belong to any- / one. I wouldn't allow myself to / belong / to anyone.

[metamorphesque]

— Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934

[arcusxx]

burning cathedral of Notre Dame

[goshinoghetto]

.”Life, and Nothing More…” (Persian: زندگی و دیگر هیچ‎‎) directed by Abbas Kiarostami

[flowersforfrancis]

[die-rosastrasse]

Godesses of night in paintings

Auguste Raynaud (French, 1854–1937)

Auguste-Alexandre Hirsch (French, 1833-1912)

François-Léon Bénouville (French, 1821-1859)

Americo Pedro (Brazilian, 1843-1905)

[holyisthenameofmyruthlessaxe]

To the Bone, Dorothy Allison 

[ID: That summer I did not go crazy / but I wore / very close / very close / to the bone.]

[appletvdaily]

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Act V Scene V

The Tragedy of Macbeth [2021]

[sagradofemenin0]

Jean-Jacques Feuchère (1807-1852), Satan - 1835

[geryone]

Ordinary Beast, Nicole Sealey

[papenathys]

Absolutely insane lines to just drop in the middle of an academic text btw. Feeling so normal about this.

[ A Critical History of English Literature, Vol. 1, Prof. David Daiches, first published in 1960 ]

[brujasvascas]

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (details) — 1870 John Simmons

[by-grace-of-god]

“Death blowing bubbles,” 18th century. The bubbles symbolize life’s fragility. This plaster work appears on the ceiling of Holy Grave Chapel in Michaelsberg Abbey, Bamberg, Germany. (+)

[metamorphesque]

— Van Gogh, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

[the-evil-clergyman]

Bacchus and Ariadne by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1743-45)

[gyossefka]

“Trust Issues” by takiisbranding aka Bruno Cæsar.