LILAC WOOD

AN  AESTHETIC  SIDEBLOG  FOR  LORNLILAC

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The less I know the better

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From ‘Forbidden Fruit’ 1921 - An American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, and starring Agnes Ayers, Forrest Stanley & Clarence Burton.

[barcarole]

“Oh, sacred instinct of Nature! Eternal, inexplicable sympathy of existence!”

— E. T. A. Hoffmann, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (trans. Mrs. Saint Simon)

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[himneska]

Photographed by Francesco Brigida, 2017.

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[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

“In your heart, life has accomplished its final miracle: it has become a fairytale.‘”

— Nikos Kazantzakis, tr. by Carl Wildman, from “Zorba the Greek,” wr. c. 1946

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Lisa Kleypas, Smooth Talking Strangers

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oscar carvallo fw14

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alberta ferretti spring 2013 

[queentremaine]

The red queen was meant to move on but Anastasia, her part was meant to continue.

[evermore-fashion]

Paolo Sebastian “The Starlet” Spring 2019 Haute Couture Collection

[springtided-blog]

𝔳𝔦𝔰𝔲𝔞𝔩𝔰  .  oo2  //   LADY  AMALTHE.A  

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

“Each spring will be a sword you’ll sharpen,”

— Anne Sexton, from The Complete Poems; “Courage,”

[astrangejourney]

Aɴᴀsᴛᴀsɪᴀ Tʀᴇᴍᴀɪɴᴇ, ᴛʜᴇ Qᴜᴇᴇɴ ᴏғ Wᴏɴᴅᴇʀʟᴀɴᴅ

“Goodbye, mom.”

[purplebuddhaproject]

“To love a person is to see all of their magic, and to remind them of it when they have forgotten.”

— (via purplebuddhaquotes)

[queentremaine]

Smiling Anastasia Appreciation Post (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ 

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Illustration by Maginel Wright Enright. 1906.