An unfinished Greek tragedy

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 |Dark Academia|She/Them|XVII

[1ilium-candidum]

The Roses of Heliogabalus, 1888 - oil on canvas. — Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Dutch, 1836-1912)

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Neither at things, nor at people should one look. Only in mirrors should one look, for mirrors do but show us masks.

-Oscar wilde, Salomè

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Dominique Papety (French, 1815-1849)

Women at the Fountain

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⚜️The human urge to create regrettable plot twists when you're bored

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⚜️You realise they're the one when you think of them while reading the protagonist of a classic hopelessly being in love

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“Did I solicit thee from Darkness to promote me?”

-John Milton, Paradise Lost.

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⚜️Dear vintage souls, dark academics, I now need your help: PETRICHOR OR THE SMELL OF OLD BOOKS?

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⚜️Some things never change..

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⚜️Am I the only one who thinks that jewels from ancient times are much better than the contemporary ones?

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⚜️ Find someone who looks at you the way Alcibiades looked at Socrates✨

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⚜️"At the end, we all just need to find the moon that will brighten even our darkest nights"

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⚜️You realise you aren't straight when you can't stop finding queer subtext in everything you read.

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⚜️Knowing by heart the favourite quote of your favourite person is a kind of love language...

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⚜️What does my blog smell like?

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⚜️The path to paradise begins in hell.

-Dante Alighieri

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Dum spiro, spero.

While I breathe, I hope

-Cicero