bad wolf

Charles Baudelaire, from Les Fleurs du mal (tr. The Flowers of Evil); “The Murderer’s Wine”  (via luneison)

emma woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.

Walter Pichler, Pneumatischer Raum, Prototyp V, 1966

David Ignatow, from “Three in Transition” discovered via Whiskey River (via weissewiese)

It was a happy place, filled with love and laughter. So, I guess this is it. Yeah, I guess so.

Why would Andy want you? Look at you! You’re a Buzz Lightyear! Any other toy would give up his moving parts just to be you. You’ve got wings, you glow in the dark, you talk, your helmet does that… that whoosh thing. You’re a Cool Toy. As a matter of fact, you’re too cool. I mean - what chance does a toy like me have against a Buzz Lightyear action figure. All I can do is this.

Majestic Beauty of the Cosmos.

It probably wasn’t advisable to go to college and room with a complete stranger who I had no idea who they were, or like, you know, share a bathroom with eight other people. That was my rebellion, in a funny way, was my insistence to be normal and do normal things. Every day was a new day, and I just had to see how it went.

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I think Natalie Portman said something brilliant about modern-day female action heroes, about how even though they’re strong you need to also see the messiness of everyday life, that complexity. Even with Peggy Carter. Can we see her have a really shit day, put her pyjamas on and eat loads of ice cream and weep into chick flick? Can we have her be neurotic, hysterical, funny, depressed and all those things that we all relate to that aren’t regularly depicted because they’re not seen as sexy or comfortable for men to watch and masturbate over?

Salma Deera, “salt” (via arabellesicardi)

Edith Södergran, excerpt of God Is Still Awake (tr. by Gounil Brown)