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Frank Papé illustration for Thaïs, Anatole France, 1890

"Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell."

-William Shakespeare

don't want no other shade of blue but you

This whole obsession with wheelchair users struggling on foot down the aisle at their wedding or across the stage for graduation is 100% powered by ableism.

Another view of the pyramids, Egypt

Jane Austen’s handwritten manuscript of Persuasion

Honestly if you want justification for why it’s important that English/Language Arts teachers make you break down exactly why a given sentence made you feel a given way, the fact that it’s now a point of basic political literacy to be able to tell when a headline is trying to make you angry, and at whom, and about what, is a pretty strong case in point.

Cats and train miniature

my internal monologue when Ancient Egypt is mentioned: [don't talk about imhotep and the first codified diagnostic manual. the fact you know so much about it is deeply weird and nobody cares about medicine that much]

Apollo by Johann Georg Bergmüller (18th Century)

To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.

Sappho | Leonardo Bistolfi | Safet Zec | Richard Siken | Brokeback Mountain (dir. Ang Lee) | Emery Allen | Ron Hicks | Jorge Luis Borges | Holly Warburton | Richard Siken | Joseph Lorusso

renaissance in the 21st century

Donatella Versace, Capri, Italy, 1994 - Ph. Bruce Weber

the fact that i’m not on a balcony in italy watching the sun set eating fresh fruit with my lover is offensive

sayin it again cause you need to hear it, use the stickers ur anxiously saving. love yourself. go nuts and use the stickers

KING SHIT

John Keats, from a letter to Fanny Brawne

“starry night” this, “café terrace at night” that, when are we going to talk about “two rats” by vincent van gogh?

You ever see a pretty dress, a well-organised notebook, a peculiar balcony or read one line of poetry and get the overwhelming urge to reinvent yourself

Libraries are so dreamy, New York Public Library is no exception 🕯

why am i dressed slutty you ask? to read classic literature alone in my room. mind your own business.

US Elevation.

by @cstats1

Are u single?

“single” is a word the government created to give Americans tax disadvantages. if you’re asking me if im lonely the answer is yes.