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The place I come from is beautiful.

Sheesh Mahal, Pakistan.

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I.B. Vyache, Excerpt 03.01.20

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date someone who is interested in you. i don’t mean someone who thinks you’re cute or funny. i mean someone who wants to know every insignificant detail about you. someone who wants to read every word you write. someone who wants to hear every note of your favourite song, or watch every scene of your favourite movie. someone who wants to find every scar on your body, and learn where they came from. someone who wants to know your favourite brand of toothpaste, and which quotes resonate deep inside your bones when you hear them. there is a difference between attraction and interest. find the person who wants to learn every aspect of who you are.

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I must tell you Emma, what you will not ask, though I may wish it unsaid the next moment. Oh, then do not speak it.

EMMA (2020) dir. Autumn de Wilde

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just a little oscar wilde angst for you all.

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THE SECRET HISTORY- NETFLIX SERIES

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And probably the reason why you love hard is because you know how it feels to be loved so little.

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inspired by this post 

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god the fucking tenderness of the line “goodnight, sweet prince” makes me wanna screammm. like i know it was pretty normal in shakespeare’s time but dear lord that shit had no permission to tug at my heart the way it did. i want that line tattooed on me; i want it in my wedding vows; i want to say it to my lover instead of i love you; and if i live through life without anyone ever saying it to me while looking at me with longing eyes unable to contain their love, then i want a godamn refund

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Thought I’d put together some pretty uncommon “dark academia” book recommendations, uncommon only because they don’t only revolve around erudition and college and murder. I consider these “dark academia” not because of the good old Secret History -like stories, but because the books themselves are incredible examples of learning through a great narrative and include a lot of philosophy, history, and art in their plots.

The Rule Of Four - Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason 

About a group of boys at Princeton as they struggle to get their theses finished. Centers around two, Tom and Paul, who are doing their thesis on the mysterious Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, a (real and recently translated into English!) 500 year old manuscript written by a mysterious author. Soon, Paul realizes there may be a conspiracy to steal his work on the document, something much deeper than he originally thought. Ties in a ton of real renaissance history about art, science, literature and architecture, while telling a gripping story about obsession and betrayal.

A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles

A wonderfully interesting read about Count Alexander Rostov, a poet and nobleman sentenced to house arrest in the Hotel Metropol in Moscow. Beginning in freshly Bolshevik-ruled Russia, the novel spans from the early 1920s until the 1950s and follows the Count’s life and interactions with the hotel’s denizens, which include a little girl suddenly placed in his custody. A thoroughly entertaining read littered with literary references, brilliant storytelling, and amazing character development set to a backdrop of formative Russian history.

Night Train to Lisbon - Pascal Mercier

Raimund Gregorius is a Swiss professor of ancient languages and philosophy at a school in Bern. After a strange meeting with a Portuguese woman, he finds a memoir-esque book by author Amadeo de Prado in her coat pocket which inspires him to delve into the author’s complex life and philosophy. This book is chalk-full of philosophy on life, death, memories, revolution, and religion, and follows a man who spontaneously runs away from his life into someone else’s. Pretty dark academia to me.

Hope this helps branch out your reading a bit! I love these books so much and maybe some of you will too :)

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"Take courage, my heart: you have been through worse than this"

"Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this"

Homer, Odyssey 20:18

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“You’re always haunted by the idea you’re wasting your life.”

— Chuck Palahniuk 

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“You cannot harden your heart to the future just because of your past. You cannot use cruelty against yourself to justify cruelty to others.”

-Marie Lu, The Midnight Star