lit lovers;

Even before her marriage with Marco is set, Simonetta is swept up into Lorenzo and Giuliano de’ Medici’s glittering circle of politicians, poets, artists, and philosophers. The men of Florence―most notably the rakish Giuliano de’ Medici―become enthralled with her beauty. That she is educated and an ardent reader of poetry makes her more desirable and fashionable still. But it is her acquaintance with a young painter, Sandro Botticelli, which strikes her heart most. Botticelli immediately invites Simonetta, newly proclaimed the most beautiful woman in Florence, to pose for him. As Simonetta learns to navigate her marriage, her place in Florentine society, and the politics of beauty and desire, she and Botticelli develop a passionate intimacy, one that leads to her immortalization in his masterpiece, The Birth of Venus.

A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES BY SARAH J. MAAS ft. the women of acotar

good-natured, kind, and able to extract the best in everyone

good-natured, kind, and able to extract the best in everyone

Even strength has to bown down to wisdom sometimes. 

I nodded, looking at Rachel with respect. “You hit the Lord of the Titans in the eye with a blue plastic hairbrush.” (a super belated bday edit for @frances-janvier 💛 )

Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.

It was a woefully inadequate response, and Artemis was instantly appalled with himself. Pathetic really: I don’t like lollipops. No self-respecting criminal mastermind would be caught dead even using the word lollipops. He really would have to put together a database of witty responses for occasions such as this.

character moodboards: violet baudelaire. “violet had a real knack for inventing and building strange devices.”

Y.A. LIT MEME [1/ 2 antagonists] ⇒ maven calore, red queen

instagram edits: the abyss surounds us and the edge of the abyss by emily skrutskie

Endless list of all the ladies I love ↬  Violet Baudelaire  

for @divinetheta

It’s hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one.

tris prior mood board

                        Am I a troubled kid?                                 Yeah. You could say that. 

percy jackson & the olympians