Artist // Edward Robert Hughes R.W.S. ~ Midsummer Eve, 1908
December 14, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Artist // Edward Robert Hughes R.W.S. ~ Midsummer Eve, 1908
Artist // Vincent Van Gogh ~ Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette
December 12, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Artist // Vincent Van Gogh ~ Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette
Artist // Edvard Munich ~ Love and Pain, 1895
December 10, 2024 at 1:00 AM
Artist // Edvard Munich ~ Love and Pain, 1895
Artist // John William Waterhouse ~ The Lady of Shalott, 1888
December 10, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Artist // John William Waterhouse ~ The Lady of Shalott, 1888
“Having experienced both, I am not sure which is worse: intense feeling, or the absence of it.”
Author // Margaret Atwood ~ The Blind Assassin
Artist // Pierre-Auguste Cot ~ The Storm
Author // Margaret Atwood ~ The Blind Assassin
Artist // Pierre-Auguste Cot ~ The Storm
December 7, 2024 at 1:46 AM
“Having experienced both, I am not sure which is worse: intense feeling, or the absence of it.”
Author // Margaret Atwood ~ The Blind Assassin
Artist // Pierre-Auguste Cot ~ The Storm
Author // Margaret Atwood ~ The Blind Assassin
Artist // Pierre-Auguste Cot ~ The Storm
Author // Hanya Yanagihara (A Little Life)
Artist // Marija Anicic (Rainy, Gloomy Day Through the Wet Window)
Artist // Marija Anicic (Rainy, Gloomy Day Through the Wet Window)
December 6, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Author // Hanya Yanagihara (A Little Life)
Artist // Marija Anicic (Rainy, Gloomy Day Through the Wet Window)
Artist // Marija Anicic (Rainy, Gloomy Day Through the Wet Window)
“If you must die, I’ll envy even the earth that wraps your body.”
~ Albert Camus // State of Siege
~ Albert Camus // State of Siege
December 6, 2024 at 3:25 PM
“If you must die, I’ll envy even the earth that wraps your body.”
~ Albert Camus // State of Siege
~ Albert Camus // State of Siege
“Either grant me the bliss of the ignorant or grant me the strength to bear the knowledge.”
~ Elif Shafak
~ Elif Shafak
December 6, 2024 at 3:24 PM
“Either grant me the bliss of the ignorant or grant me the strength to bear the knowledge.”
~ Elif Shafak
~ Elif Shafak
Author // Oscar Wilde
Artist // Thomas Blackshear ~ Intimacy
Artist // Thomas Blackshear ~ Intimacy
December 5, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Author // Oscar Wilde
Artist // Thomas Blackshear ~ Intimacy
Artist // Thomas Blackshear ~ Intimacy
“The longest journey most of us have to take is from the head to the heart.”
~ C.G. Jung // Artist: Annie Whimsy
~ C.G. Jung // Artist: Annie Whimsy
December 5, 2024 at 8:16 PM
“The longest journey most of us have to take is from the head to the heart.”
~ C.G. Jung // Artist: Annie Whimsy
~ C.G. Jung // Artist: Annie Whimsy
“A tragedy, when a mature mind and a romantic heart are in the same body.”
~ Nizar Qabbani
~ Nizar Qabbani
December 5, 2024 at 8:14 PM
“A tragedy, when a mature mind and a romantic heart are in the same body.”
~ Nizar Qabbani
~ Nizar Qabbani
“I wish you a kinder sea.”
~ Emily Dickinson
~ Emily Dickinson
December 5, 2024 at 8:12 PM
“I wish you a kinder sea.”
~ Emily Dickinson
~ Emily Dickinson
“The shortest poem is a name.”
~ Anne Michaels // A Definition of Fiction and Poetry
~ Anne Michaels // A Definition of Fiction and Poetry
December 5, 2024 at 8:11 PM
“The shortest poem is a name.”
~ Anne Michaels // A Definition of Fiction and Poetry
~ Anne Michaels // A Definition of Fiction and Poetry
~ Beau Taplin // Moon Phases
December 5, 2024 at 8:10 PM
~ Beau Taplin // Moon Phases
“I want to calm down to rest, to outlive this nonsense.”
~ Anne Sexton // A letter to Dennis Farrell, 1962
~ Anne Sexton // A letter to Dennis Farrell, 1962
December 5, 2024 at 8:08 PM
“I want to calm down to rest, to outlive this nonsense.”
~ Anne Sexton // A letter to Dennis Farrell, 1962
~ Anne Sexton // A letter to Dennis Farrell, 1962
“I only write when I am falling in love, or falling apart.”
~ Rudy Francisco
~ Rudy Francisco
December 5, 2024 at 8:07 PM
“I only write when I am falling in love, or falling apart.”
~ Rudy Francisco
~ Rudy Francisco
“I need to be alone for certain periods of time or I violate my own rhythm.”
~ Lee Krasner
~ Lee Krasner
December 5, 2024 at 8:06 PM
“I need to be alone for certain periods of time or I violate my own rhythm.”
~ Lee Krasner
~ Lee Krasner
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At the end of the day, don’t we all just want to pull a book from a bookshelf and find that it reveals a hidden room?
December 4, 2024 at 6:51 PM
At the end of the day, don’t we all just want to pull a book from a bookshelf and find that it reveals a hidden room?
Reposted by Art n Authors
If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.
December 3, 2024 at 9:02 PM
If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.
“Even under the best of circumstances, there’s just something so damn tragic about growing up.”
~ Jonathan Tropper // This Is Where I Leave You
~ Jonathan Tropper // This Is Where I Leave You
December 4, 2024 at 8:48 PM
“Even under the best of circumstances, there’s just something so damn tragic about growing up.”
~ Jonathan Tropper // This Is Where I Leave You
~ Jonathan Tropper // This Is Where I Leave You
“We all have one foot in a fairytale, and the other in the abyss.”
~ Paulo Coelho
~ Paulo Coelho
December 4, 2024 at 5:25 PM
“We all have one foot in a fairytale, and the other in the abyss.”
~ Paulo Coelho
~ Paulo Coelho
“My whole existence is a love letter.”
~ Rumi
~ Rumi
December 4, 2024 at 5:24 PM
“My whole existence is a love letter.”
~ Rumi
~ Rumi
“Love me. I am pitch black, sinful, blind, confused. But if not you, then who else is going to love me?”
~ Audre Lorde
~ Audre Lorde
December 3, 2024 at 3:36 AM
“Love me. I am pitch black, sinful, blind, confused. But if not you, then who else is going to love me?”
~ Audre Lorde
~ Audre Lorde
“And this urge to run away from what I love is a sort of sadism I no longer pretend to understand.”
~ Martha Gellhorn // Selected Letters
~ Martha Gellhorn // Selected Letters
December 3, 2024 at 3:34 AM
“And this urge to run away from what I love is a sort of sadism I no longer pretend to understand.”
~ Martha Gellhorn // Selected Letters
~ Martha Gellhorn // Selected Letters