"Grace doesn’t try to please itself. Accepts being slighted, forgotten, disliked. Accepts insults and injuries."

— The Tree of Life (via sins0fthefather)

sins0fthefather:

Benjamin West. The Ascension. 1801

sins0fthefather:

Benjamin West. The Ascension. 1801

(Source: nigel)

…an epic film of fathers and sons

…an epic film of fathers and sons

(via sins0fthefather)

"Not all possibilities are open to us. The world is finite; our hopes spill over its rim."

— Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses (via larmoyante)

"Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself, it will do more than if you paralyze it by encumbering it with remedies."

— Leo Tolstoy (via larmoyante)

shitinbed:

Portrait of a Heart by Christian Schloe

shitinbed:

Portrait of a Heart by Christian Schloe

(via the-unknown-friend)


From T.S. Eliot’s “Burnt Norton”

From T.S. Eliot’s “Burnt Norton”

(Source: thegirlandherbooks)

Big news! The literary agent we wanted has requested an exclusive read on the #HeartOfTheEarth manuscript. Keeping fingers crossed!

A writer I know just sent me a chapters of his unpublished Iraq war memoir.

Some of the most painfully beautiful words I have ever read.

(via 27bodies)

"Always be a poet, even in prose."

— Charles Baudelaire (via proustitute)

Haven’t been on tumblr much. For some reason every time I log on my dashboard annoys me.

Considering unfollowing everything and starting over. Message me if you don’t want to go.

mpdrolet:

Gilbert’s Studio, Medical Class and Staff, 1910
Charles Isaacs Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum Museum

mpdrolet:

Gilbert’s Studio, Medical Class and Staff, 1910

Charles Isaacs Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum Museum

thetemperamentalgoat:

Eugene Smith.

thetemperamentalgoat:

Eugene Smith.

 Most poignant story I’ve ever seen in one cartoon frame.

 Most poignant story I’ve ever seen in one cartoon frame.

(Source: explosm.net, via gingernaps)