The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person,
Czeslaw Milosz, from “Ars Poetica?” (via theclassicsreader)
Veit Rudolph Specklin (after Hans Holbein the Younger), Astronomical Chart of the Sun and Moon. 1534.
Great Pyramid at Giza, Egypt, circa 19th century.
The best way to know life is to love many things.
Vincent van Gogh (via goodreadss)
Many times..
Breakfast At Tiffany’s (1961) dir. Blake Edwards
Excavation of the Sphinx, 1850s. Follow for more 1800s nostalgia.
why is it always the woman who has to see past the beast in the man? why does she always have to clean his wounds, even after he has damaged her beyond repair? why is it always the man who is worthy of forgiveness for being a monster? I want to see the beast in the beauty. the half smile, half snarl. the unapologetic anger. I would like to see the man forgive the monster. to see her, blood and all, and love her anyway.
beauty and the beast | Caitlyn S. (via alonesomes)
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