the stars incline us

— excerpt from “portrait of fryderyk in shifting light” by richard siken

again, tumblr’s having issues with displaying my GIF! you can view it in its full glory on twitter.

We save people.               We save as many as we can to make up for the ones we couldn’t.                                                                                                                 That’s all we do.

18th century

• 101 Times Lord Henry Should Have Shut His Cynical Whore Mouth • I Kissed a Boy, and More Embarrassingly, My Own Portrait, and I Liked It • I’m a Murderer, but Everything is Perspective • Although I’m a Complete Wanker, I Am Infact a Victim of Suggestion Under the Influence of Another Complete Wanker • Narcissism and Consequences • If You’re Not Young and Pretty You May as Well Just Die • Personalities Don’t Seem So Ugly When Surrounded With Beautiful Things • Selling Your Soul for a Picture Probably Isn’t Worth It • Being Philosophical and Being Intelligent are Not Always the Same Things • It’s Okay to be Gay As Long As You Get Rid of the Body

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Île de la Cité, Paris c. 1550

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— George Orwell // 1984

THE SECRET HISTORY — murder clique

it’s our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

the desert sings of loss, always loss, and if you stand quiet with your eyes closed, it will grieve you too. - candle and the flame, nafiza azad.

A Court of Wings and Ruin (2017) - Sarah J. Maas “Leave this world a better place than how you found it.”

ALL FOR THE GAME, WRITTEN BY NORA SAKAVIC, RE-IMAGINED AS OLD FILMS.

the foxes outside my accommodation kept me up till 2am because they wouldn’t stop screaming  

Whatever you are physically…male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy–all those things matter less than what your heart contains. If you have the soul of a warrior, you are a warrior. All those other things, they are the glass that contains the lamp, but you are the light inside.