avert thy mortal eyes.

Lucretia Romana (detail) Giampetrino 

The Birth of Venus (detail, 1875) Alexandre Cabanel 

Lilith, (detail, 1887) John Maler Collier

Edmund Blair Leighton

KILL BILL VOL. 1 (2003) Dir. Quentin Tarantino

No qualms? ↳ Miss Julie (2014)

Ballerina Bardot makes herself (even more) beautiful.

Lady of the Camelias (1981) dir. Mauro Bolognini

— Excerpt from ‘As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh,’ by Susan Sontag  (via salemwitchtrials)

The rule was hers; Cersei did not mean to give it up until Tommen came of age. I waited, so can he. I waited half my life. She had played the dutiful daughter, the blushing bride, the pliant wife. She had suffered Robert’s drunken groping, Jaime’s jealousy, Renly’s mockery, Varys with his titters, Stannis endlessly grinding his teeth. She had contended with Jon Arryn, Ned Stark, and her vile, treacherous, murderous dwarf brother, all the while promising herself that one day it would be her turn. If Margaery Tyrell thinks to cheat me of my hour in the sun, she had bloody well think again.– A Feast For Crows

Eva Herzigová pictured in a Thierry Mugler dress from the 1992 Les Cow-Boys collection.

// Mood right now… //  Do you know what rhymes with wine? Mine. //