Red Vineyards At Arles (1888) By Vincent Van Gogh

"You see? In the fairy tales one does as one wants, and in reality one does what one can."

― Elena Ferrente, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

Source: I was there

House Hightower of Oldtown

"The Hightowers are an ancient family, very rich and very proud." (A Clash of Kings)

Their words are We Light the Way.

The Lords of Oldtown wield the ancestral valyrian steel sword Vigilance and assume several honorific titles like Defender of the Citadel, Voice of Oldtown & Beacon of the South.

"The arms of House Hightower show a stepped white tower crowned with fire on a smoke-grey field."

When they go to war, the great beacon atop the High Tower glows a baleful green.

Art (detail): The Dedication (1908) by Edmund B. Leighton; Caterina Cornaro Deposed (1842) by Francesco Hayez

Excerpts are taken from A Feast for Crows.

House of the Dragon (2022 - ) // Dune (2021)

James T Kirk and Leonard McCoy, Star Trek Beyond (2016).

― Elena Ferrante, The Story of a New Name

[text ID: There are people who leave and people who know how to be left.]

Florence, Italy 1850/90

he was trying so hard to act like a troublemaking rebel while wearing his lil sweaters with the shirt collars peeking out.... whatever you say gorgeous

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oh im sure

wuthering heights by emily bronte // l'amica geniale by elena ferrante