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Fyodor Dostoyevsky // Alanis Morissette

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the messenger: the story of joan of arc (1999) / anne llewellyn barstow, ‘joan of arc and female mysticism’ / saint joan, george bernard shaw / the passion of joan of arc (1928) / anne sexton, consorting with angels / angela barrett, joan of arc, (1998) / excerpt from the trial of joan of arc / saint joan (2018 production), starring condola rashad

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i wanna hold hands in a place like this

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the fact that i'm no longer the same age as the protagonists of novels and films i once connected to is so heartbreaking. there was a time when I looked forward to turning their age. i did. and i also outgrew them. i continue to age, but they don't; never will. the immortality of fiction is beautiful, but cruel.

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once again thinking about composition thinking about lines thinking about the power of diagonal lines in particular. the dynamicity the energy the pathos. the tenderness and tragedy of a continuous diagonal vs the violence of interrupted or intersecting ones

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hands in various paintings by luca giordano 🥀

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Details of Dante and Virgil in Hell (1850), by William Adolphe Bouguereau.

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AUTUMNAL HEADERS

(requested by anonymous)

3 THE SECRET GARDEN and 3 BECOMING JANE HEADERS

650 x 350

like/reblog if you use

please don't claim as your own

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“She was dressed in pink ribbons and was not in love with anyone in particular, but with everyone.”

— Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace (1867)

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Undine rising from the waters, Marble statue by Chauncey Bradley Ives [1810-1894]

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Detail: Time, Pieter Christoffel Wonder, 1810

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bruh

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Studying the hundred years war so I can study the war of the roses so I can read Shakespeare so I can read Macchiavelli so I can study the 30 Years War so I can appreciate Rembrandt so I can understand the rise of colonialism as a means of European hegemony so I can read Victor Hugo so I can read Marx so I can read Edward Said so I can read Dune so I can read Fevre Dream so I can read ASOIAF so I can write au fanfiction on the internet

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Erika L. Sánchez, from "Departure"

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Jennifer Chang, from "Dialogues (Against Literature)"