Per aspera ad astra

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Mahmoud Darwish (محمود درويش‎, 1941 – 2008), “A Lover from Palestine” (Ashiq min filastin), 1966

Oksana Skorik after Swan Lake in the Mariinsky Theatre, ph. by Catherine Pollak.

The Commons Petitioning Elizabeth I to Marry Solomon Joseph Solomon (1860–1927) Parliamentary Art Collection

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Renée Vivien, A Woman Appeared to Me, 1904. (via megairea)

Princess Elia was a good woman, Your Grace. She was kind and clever, with a gentle heart and a sweet wit.

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Adonis, from Selected Poems; “Season of Tears” (tr. Khaled Mattawa)

— John Steinbeck

The White Princess (2017)

illustration by Marc Simont (1958)

Yoshitaka Amano + purple

BEWITCHED (1965)     — 1.36 “Cousin Edgar”

— Ocean Vuong, from On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (via luthienne)

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Rumi, from The Essential Rumi tr. Coleman Barks