Kill Your Darlings - Blog Posts
Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor
Alexis Carrel
If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.
Albert Einstein
"Christmas is a magical moment of glory; the birth of humanity."
Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann
"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all."
Oscar Wilde
"Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world."
Voltaire
The Lament for Icarus by Herbert James Draper
Oppressit in tricliniis versatilibus parasitos suos violis et floribus, sic ut animam aliqui efflaverint, cum erepere ad summum non possent.
painting and details of The Roses of Heliogabalus // by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
'Amicus Plato — amicus Aristoteles — magis amica veritas.'
"Plato is my friend - Aristotle is my friend - but my greatest friend is truth."
Isaac Newton, Quaestiones quaedam philosophicae
"Every now and then a man's mind is stretched
by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks
back to its former dimensions."
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Morning Star (Lucifer) // by Paul Fryer at Holy Trinity Church
I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician, he is also a child placed before natural phenomenon, which impress him like a fairy tale.
Marie Curie
"Never are voices so beautiful as on a winter's evening, when dusk almost hides the body, and they seem to issue from nothingness with a note of intimacy seldom heard by day."
virginia woolf
"The only noise now was the rain, pattering softly with the magnificent indifference of nature for the tangled passions of humans."
Sherwood Smith
"i can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people."
isaac newton
"i would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light."
hellen keller
one day my bookshelves will be filled with penguin classics. one day.
and now for another internal conflict : do I want to be Classics™️ dark academia, XIXth Century™️ dark academia or XXth Century™️ dark academia
If anyone would like to read the first two chapters of Under The Shadows... Being co-written with @skeletonhands.poetry on Instagram 💙
I think you'd like this story: "Under The Shadows" by BruceWilson291 on Wattpad https://www.wattpad.com/story/328475816?utm_source=android&utm_medium=com.tumblr&utm_content=story_info&wp_page=story_details_button&wp_uname=BruceWilson291&wp_originator=4wZWu9aRInwx3C511HLCPkksDnh8WIBSnxOifnrrAiSiCYvRhLY8b%2FmzqMeWWtbELfs9I3Lp3kK2ovVY8D2KaHwTCWyRvbzQfbBkeRCfA5fJQhWRCpZsz7DszI%2BKfD7e
