Marguerite Duras, from ‘Hiroshima Mon Amour’, tr. Richard Seaver

Vincent van Gogh, from a letter to his brother Theo (The Hague, September 1882)

Stephen Doherty, ink and watercolor on paper

— Franz Kafka, from Letters To Milena  (via oiseauperdu)

Roussel made this little memento after he had lunch on July 29th, 1923 with the astronomer and writer, Camille Flammarion. He saved a star-shaped cookie from the occasion which he encased in a silver pendant with glass. The piece was sold after his death in 1933 and discovered by chance by Georges Bataille at a flea market. Bataille gave it to his then-lover, Dora Maar who kept it for the rest of her life.

sara teasdale, the tree (flame and shadow)

The year's first snow

Frances  

— Gustave Flaubert (b. 12 December 1821)

good bones by maggie smith saturday . give it up for good bones by maggie smith saturday

– Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

[HELL AND EARTH]