YAREN

— Mary Shelley (b. 30 August 1797)

- Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Invitation

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald, from “The Sensible Thing” written c. July 1924

 "Death will come when thou art dead, Soon, too soon— Sleep will come when thou art fled; Of neither would I ask the boon I ask of thee, belovèd Night— Swift be thine approaching flight, Come soon, soon!“ 

— Paulo Coelho // The Alchemist

found this gem at a used bookstore for $2.40. already one my favorite investments of the summer.

La Belle Noiseuse, 1991

Summer vibes

“He walked with her up the hill, her mother close behind them. But it was impossible for the two young people to keep their bodies from brushing against each other and once Apollonia stumbled and fell against him so that he had to hold her and her body so warm and alive in his hands started a deep wave of blood rising in his body. They could not see the mother behind them smiling because her daughter was a mountain goat and had not stumbled on this path since she was an infant in diapers. And smiling because this was the only way this young man was going to get his hands on her daughter until the marriage.”

The Godfather + Text Posts round 3. (click pictures to make bigger)

Emma (2020)