vox nihili

O. 78. ACRIMON. Then he said let there be light; and there wasn't.

[the-book-diaries]

Goodness comes from within. Goodness is.. chosen. When a man cannot choose,

Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange

[indarknesstheyfall]

Sculptures, Louvre, Paris. (2014)

[the-book-diaries]

The important thing is moral choice. Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate. Life is sustained by the grinding opposition of moral entities.

Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange

[saintjoan]

When we un-packed it, the Paris curator was embarrassed to discover lipstick marks on its cheek: someone in the Louvre had played at being Pygmalion—or Hadrian—and kissed it. And who could blame them? Up on a pedestal, center stage, the effect of its beauty was jaw-dropping.

[sunbathe]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BayfqZNHKcK/

[antoniettabrandeisova]

Flirtation, Frederic Soulacroix (French-1858-1933)

[nexgrl-blog]

Time is relative… specifically that aunt who makes the Shitty Ass casserole that you’re contractually obligated to eat 

[serpenumbra-blog]

Oh. How could I have forgotten.

Eugh.

[serpenumbra-blog]

What is a onomatopoeia expressing contempt, preferably spelt out as it can be difficult to replicate a sound into text?

[kafkasdiariies]

Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, 1671-72, by Antonio Giorgetti 

via Flickr 

[antoniettabrandeisova]

Young archer (detail) 1490. Attributed to Michelangelo

[thestandrewknot]

Musée du Louvre, Paris (by Marie-Ange Mat).

[preventive]

[useless-catalanfacts]

La Seu Vella, Lleida, Catalonia. Photos by Adeline Gressin

[the-book-diaries]

I think what we do is its own explanation.

Sebastian Faulks, Birdsong

[the-book-diaries]

These violent delights have violent ends.

William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (via the-book-diaries)

[magic-of-eternity]