Angelic.

“Give a rose blood and it really blossoms”

[finita--la--commedia]

“There is no life, only eternity, in solitude.”

— Emil Cioran (1911-1985), from “Tears and Saints” (1937), translated from the Romanian by Ilinca Zarifopol-Johnston 

[brudesworld]

Le parfum de roses by Delphin Enjolras (1865-1945)

[belletriste]

Niki de Saint Phalle - Altar of a Dead Cat

[the-evil-clergyman]

The Fisherman and the Siren by Frederic Leighton (1856-58)

[labsinthe]

“Secret Garden” Christian Dior Haute Couture photographed by John-Paul Pietrus for Harper’s Bazaar China 2013

[theoptia]

Rainer Maria Rilke, from Rilke and Andreas-Salomé: A Love Story in Letters

Text ID: I’ve never seen you without wanting to pray to you. I’ve never heard you without wanting to place my faith in you. I’ve never longed for you without wanting to suffer for your sake. I’ve never desired you without wanting to be able to kneel before you.

[qatriot-deactivated20200107]

[cinematapestry]

The Dreamers (2003) dir. Bernardo Bertolucci

[vaninnavaninni]

[nemfrog]

Fig. 64. Moonrise _Astronomy for amateurs_ 1904

[deathandmysticism]

Pictorial Tour Round India, 1894

[halloweenmonster]

[mournfulroses]

Clarice Lispector, from a letter to Fernando Sabino featured in Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector

[shisasan]

Edmond-François Aman, 1883

[mollybeenoel]

[clearbreathing]

skipping along

[polish-lolita]