The Snake Retreats and Waits for the Birth Ritual

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

nosferatu (2024) dir. robert eggers // kiss of death (1908) by włodzimierz błocki

now imagine how many of them would be outraged enough to speak out if it was a group full of 70,000 women giving eachother tips on how to falsely accuse a man of rape and get him put in prison. they wouldn’t say “well yeah but not all women do that” they would say “women clearly enjoy lying about rape and that’s why none of them should ever be believed”

Spiny Flower Mantis

the eise eisinga planetarium in franeker, the netherlands, the oldest working planetarium in the world. located inside the former home of eise eisinga

Satan Watching the Caresses of Adam and Eve by William Blake

The Sacred Heart on a Cloth Held by an Angel Anonymous, German, Nuremberg, 15th century Date:ca. 1480–90 The Metropolitan Museum

— Virginia Woolf, The Waves

Bilal Al-Shams, Sacrifice

the death of chatteron by henry wallis (1856) ophelia by john everett millais (1851-52) the execution of marshal ney by jean-leon gerome (1868) requiescat by briton riviere (1888) yellow fever in buenos aires by juan manuel blanes elaine by edward rosenthal (1874) the doctor by luke fildes (1891) ivan the terrible and his son by Ilya repin (1885) the bride of death by thomas barker (1839) lord byron on his death-bed by joseph denis odevaere (1826) recognition: north and south by constant mayer (1865) the lament for icarus by herbert james draper (1898) death of seneca by dominguez sanchez manuel (1871)

Windows in Wartburg Castle by Lawrence OP.

The Garden of Eden by Nicolas Poussin

1935

Nicole Kidman at the Interview with the Vampire Los Angeles Premiere