• violentwavesofemotion:

    “I am not afraid of being alone. Indeed, in small doses, I find it a relief—the presence of people I love overburdens my heart. The times when I think of them from a distance are restful breaks.”

    Simone de Beauvoir, tr. by Justin O’Brien, from “The Woman Destroyed,

  • vodis:

    In Horizontina, Gisele Bundchen shot by Elaine Constantine for Big #23 1999

    (via platonicblog)

  • "She would have to cope by herself. And she would cope,"
  • Margaret Atwood, from “The Edible Woman,” first published c. 1989 (via violentwavesofemotion)
  • violentwavesofemotion:

    “I am my own Muse.”

    Nikki Giovanni, from Bicycles: Love Poems; “The Joy of Love,

  • "I stalked you like a true hunter for many centuries."
  • Grete Tartler, from Orient Express: Poems; “Burnt Giblets of Game,”
    (via violentwavesofemotion)
  • hayaomiyazaki:

    ORLANDO (1992) dir. Sally Potter

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