L’Éclipse du Soleil en Pleine Lune | 1907

Sylvia Plath Letter to her mother 24 February 1956

— (noun) As one of the most beautiful words in the English dictionary, dalliance is defined as a brief love affair, a flirtation or a fleeting love. A dalliance also has connotations of amorous toying, example flirting without mindfulness and stringing a person along. Inevitably, Gatsby’s ephemeral relationship with Daisy in The Great Gatsby comes forth in our mind. Though the word dalliance is delicately beautiful, its meaning is quite bittersweet; Daisy’s selfish, coquettish nature led to Gatsby’s demise. What we have learned is that a dalliance with the presence of unrequited love is lethal.  (via wordsnquotes)

Hunter from the House of Autumn & Winter’s Eldest Daughter by Stephanie Blythe 

Mae Clarke in Frankenstein (1931)

— Margaret Atwood, Cat’s Eye 

Chicago Historical Society

Murder at the Vanities (Mitchell Leisen, 1934)

Ilo Hiller, The White-Tailed Deer, 1996

...let an end become a beginning...

1920s Two wired headbands, the first in beaded black tulle studded with rhinestones; the second with "pearl" beads, leaves and stars, c.1930. From Kerry Taylor Auctions.

— Alyce Mahon, Angels of Anarchy: Women Artists and Surrealism, (2009)

— Paul Valéry, tr. by Hilary Corke, from “Mixture,” wr. c. August 1920

L'Aube des cygnes (Daybreak ‘midst the swans) ~ circa 1908 ~ Jean-Francis Auburtin (French, 1866-1930)

The Paris Opera Ballet School in 1976, by Guy Le Querrec.