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I couldn’t agree more with this; I want my home to be cozy. Not sterile, white, and cold like a doctor’s waiting room.

I hate the “open floor plan” that everyone is obsessed with in houses now. I want nooks and crannies and bizarre floor plans. I don’t need to be able to see what someone is doing on the other side of the house. I want places to hide and lurk and dwell in the shadows. I am the beast who awaits in the labyrinth

#stop renovating old weird houses into white hotel lobbies for goodness sake

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Friends by Francis Coates Jones (American, 1857–1932)

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#jane austen #quotes #stupid feelings

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A view of Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran, Scotland by Carlo Bossoli

#scotland #isle of arran #brodick castle #scottish castles #scottishislands #classic painting #watercolor #art #scottish #castle #castles #britain #trees #fairy tales #fairycore

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In the first week of April the weather turned suddenly unseasonably, insistently lovely. The sky was blue, the air warm and windless, and the sun beamed on the muddy ground with all the sweet impatience of June.

Donna Tartt, The Secret History (1992).

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i want to have a garden full with flowers and fruits and vegetables and trees and a pond and nice little spots where i can read and drink tea and be happy and in peace

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How could I not be in love

with the night.

It never asks anything from me

but my company.

L.L.

#L.L. #quote #late night thoughts

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Most men are unaware that what is in the power of magicians to accomplish, that the heart also can accomplish by dint of love and bravery.

from ‘The Romance of Tristan and Iseult’ as retold by Joseph Bédier

#medieval #english literature #classic #medieval knight #medieval literature #tristan and iseult #tristan and isolde #Joseph Bédier #theromanceoftristanandiseult #cornwall #ireland #medieval Britain #britain #tintagel #tristan #tristan of lyonesse

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“There is no greater mistake in life than seeing things or hearing them at the wrong time. Shakespeare is ruined for most people by having been made to learn it at school; you should see Shakespeare as it was written to be seen, played on the stage. There you can appreciate it quite young, long before you take in the beauty of the words and of the poetry.”

― by Agatha Christie from Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

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The Siege of Chaluz (Richard I fatally wounded) by Harry Payne

#richard the lionheart #Richard I #king richard #the crusades #robin hood #paintings #Harry Payne #england #1189 #1199 #Richard Cœr de Lion #third crusade #the middle ages

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““Lord, I believe; help my unbelief’… is the most natural and most human and most agonizing prayer in the gospels, and I think it is the foundation prayer of faith.””

— ― Flannery O’Connor (via contrariansoul)

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Man doth usurp all space, Stares thee, in rock, bush, river, in the face. Never thine eyes behold a tree; ‘Tis no sea thou seest in the sea, ‘Tis but disguised humanity. To avoid thy fellow, vain thy plan; All that interests a man, is man.

“Man.” -Henry Sutton

#Henry S Sutton #religious poetry #english poetry #phantastes #george macdonald #afaerieromanceformenandwomen

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“The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady” January: Part 2

#the country diary of an edwardian lady #edith holden #watercolor #english literature #art #nature #nature notes #english poetry #new year #robert burns #robbie burns #Scottish #geoffrey chaucer #fletcher #william wordsworth #Shelly #january #winter #naturecore

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“The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady” January: Part 1

#the country diary of an edwardian lady #english literature #literature #art #paintings #january #winter #Mackenzie Bell #S T Coleridge #nature #watercolor #elm tree #oak tree #beech tree #chestnut tree #sycamore tree #english poetry #happy new year #1906 #diary #nature notes #edith holden #warwickshire #E Spenser #naturecore

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My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.

—Thornton Wilder

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The set design was absolutely stunning, I’m in awe every time!

THE LORD OF THE RINGS set design appreciation: ― The Mirror of Galadriel

#lotr #galadriel #filmedit #lotredit #lord of the rings #lotr elves #lotr fandom #frodo baggins #bilbo baggins