That Time Of Year

enemies to lovers romance between me and myself

the detailing of royal jewels in portraits

Portrait of Maria Fyodorovna - Ivan Kramskoi (1880)

Portrait of Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) - Konstantin Makovsky

Janet Campbell - Franz Xaver Winterhalter

Portrait of Frances Anne Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry - Alexandre Jean Dubois-Drahonet (1800-1865)

Queen Henrietta Maria - Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1637)

Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies - Valentín Carderera y Solano (1831)

Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia - A. Maliukov (1836)

Maria Anna of Bavaria - Joseph Karl Stiele (1842)

Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies - Vicente López Portaña (1830)

at night, i like to slide my window open an inch and breathe in the air, sipping it up- it tastes like the moon

You are allowed

nay, encouraged to…

buy books you’ll never read

abandon books halfway through

read your favorites over and over again

read ‘easy’ books

read books you don’t totally understand

just look at the pictures

start in the middle

take notes

break spines

read the book after you saw the movie

skip the boring parts

keep books out of sentiment

bring a book everywhere

read comics

return books to the library unread

The point, my dear reader, is joy.

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Not yet corpses.

Still, we rot.

Fyodor Dostoevsky's manuscript draft of The Brothers Karamazov. via twitter

the moon and her stars

me, reading & learning about ancient romans & greeks on paper: :)

me, remembering they were real, conscious people with opinions, memories & fears: :|

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