you make me lovely

Bright Star (2009)

Nicole Kidman as Satine in Moulin Rouge! (2001)

I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a gunfighter, Mr. O'Connell, but I am proud of what I am. — Evelyn Carnahan

Sharon Tate at Summitridge Drive, 1968. Photos by Alan Pappé

Margot Robbie, photographed by Yelena Yemchuk for Poter, Winter Escape, 2018.

Bride. Queen. Legend.  - Marie Antoinette (2006)

Colette (2018), dir. Wash Westmoreland, DoP Giles Nuttgens

The Birth of Venus (detail), Sandro Botticelli, 1484-5

There are those who say fate is something beyond our command. That destiny is not our own, but I know better. Our fate lives within us, you only have to be brave enough to see it.

Jennifer’s Body (2009) dir. Karyn Kusama.

Favorite Photoshoots | Kirsten Dunst photographed by Camilla Armbrust for Marie Claire (2017)

Towards the end of her life, Hypatia advised Orestes, the Roman prefect of Alexandria, who was in the midst of a political feud with Cyril, the bishop of Alexandria. Rumors spread accusing her of preventing Orestes from reconciling with Cyril and, in March 415 AD, she was murdered by a mob of Christians led by a lector named Peter.

r.m | Excerpts #09 (via ibuzoo)

“There were whispers in court about the Queen’s closeness with Sarah. The letters between them were very sensual. You couldn’t read them any other way.” - Olivia Colman (The Favourite, 2018)