#jean lorrain

[petaltexturedskies]

Jean Lorrain, from Selected Poems; "Dropping Petals," written c. 1889

#typography #Jean lorrain #december #winter #winter quotes

[fleurdusoir]

Un ciel tiède et doux de décembre, Dont les gris de cendre attendris Font de la rose aux tons pourris Une transparente fleur d’ambre ;

— Jean Lorrain, Effeuillement

#citation #poésie #littérature française #auteur français #quote #french literature #french author #jean lorrain #effeuillement #ciel #tiède #doux #décembre #cendres #rose #fleur #ambre

[nocnitsa]

Illustration by Manuel Orazi (1860-1934), 1898, Book "Ma petite ville" by Jean Lorrain (1855-1906, French poet and novelist of the Symbolist school), Watercolor & Etching.

#occult #manuel orazi #occult art #symbolism #jean lorrain

[nighted-aonaran]

#horror #quotes #jean lorrain #skull #goth aesthetic

[thethirdbear]

it is the sheer ugliness and banality of everyday life which turns my blood to ice and makes me cringe in terror.

#bukowski said it best -- #but sentiment the same... #jean lorrain #on life #how lived #and those that come with it

[contremineur]

Nevertheless, I do have to go away. I’d be sure to fall ill again as soon as November arrives, when Paris becomes fantastically haunted. You see, the strangeness of my case is that I no longer fear the invisible, I’m terrified by reality.

Jean Lorrain, from Nightmares of an ether-drinker (tr. Brian Stableford, Tartarus Press 2002)

Jean Lorrain (born Paul Alexandre Martin Duval, 9th August 1855 – 30th June 1906), French poet and novelist

#jean lorrain #nightmares of an ether-drinker #quote #paris #lit #excerpt

[redshift-13]

I think I’m at the point in my language study where I should be forcing myself to read French lit. in French.  No doubt I’ll still be reaching for the dictionary.

#jean lorrain #french literature in english translation

[serpent-chalice]

"Et ce rubis impie de volupté, tout sanglant et tout froid:

C'est la dernière blessure de Jésus sur la Croix ...

Et la boucle améthyste qui tend la jarretière de soie,

C'est le dernier frisson de Jésus sur la Croix ...

O douloureux saphir d'amertume et d'effroi!

Saphir, dernier regard de Jésus sur la Croix.

***

And this unholy ruby of pleasure, bleeding and cold,

Is the last wound of Jesus on the Cross...

And the amethyst clasp holding the silk garter

Is the last shudder of Jesus on the Cross...

O painful sapphire of bitterness and fear! Sapphire, last look of Jesus on the Cross."

Remy de Gourmant

in Jean Lorrain's "Monsieur de Phocas" (1901)

#remy de gourmont #jean lorrain #decadent #symbolist #monsieur de phocas

[mauvais--sang]

"Et elle, Godelive, la reine répudiée du trône de Thuringe et la fille des rois de Courlande, elle, la reine très catholique et très chrétienne, errait à minuit dans ces solitudes, au milieu de ces mornes plaines, et l’œil aiguisé, anxieuse, s’arrêtait au pied de chaque potence où parfois quelque chose de tiède, comme une larme de cire, mais étrangement puante, lui tombait sur la joue…. Et les hautes herbes blêmes, blêmes comme des os de mort, bruissaient doucement autour d’elle, si doucement qu’on eût dit des voix lointaines ou quelque obscur vagissement…. Et des pieds de pendus se profilaient déchiquetés et noirs au niveau de ses tempes; parfois un gros orteil mou l’effleurait, l’odeur alors montait plus forte, et des battements d’ailes l’accueillaient dans la nuit, d’oiseaux de proie effarés qu’elle avait réveillés en passant…. Et Godelive continuait d’errer au milieu du charnier et de ses pestilences, exténuée, défaillante mais hallucinée par son idée fixe et ranimée de minute en minute par l’affreux espoir qu’elle avait au cœur; et de sa main fébrile, elle cherchait le lévrier noir qui marchait dans son ombre et se rassurait en lui flattant les côtes; il était auprès d’elle, inquiet et flaireur, attiré comme elle au pied des gibets par l’horrible odeur, et parfois un bruit sourd de mâchoire avertissait la reine que le chien avait trouvé, lui, ce qu’il cherchait."

Jean Lorrain, La Mandragore, 1899

#jean lorrain #quote #mandragore #xixth century #turn of the century #decadence #white stains

[already-14]

Marcel Proust (1871-1922)

Lettre autographe signée « Marcel Proust », [septembre 1897], 4 pages in-8, adressée à son « cher confrère » Lucien Mulhfeld, critique d art dans l écho de Paris, que Proust connaissait depuis 1896. Proust mentionne ses problèmes de santé (asthme) et, rare et remarquable dans les lettres de Proust, il évoque son célèbre duel en février 1897 avec Jean Lorrain, dont Paul Adam était un des témoins. 

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#marcel proust #lucien mulhfeld #jean lorrain #paul adam #lettre #duel #1897

[petaltexturedskies]

A winter sky, a soft warmish December sky whose tender ash grey makes of the rose with its rotting shades a transparent flower of amber.

Jean Lorrain, from Selected Poems; "Dropping Petals," written c. 1889

#december #winter #Jean Lorrain

[dovesintherain]

*deep inhale* … GOD I LOVE STRONG FEMALE CHARACTERS

#larissa weems #lou miller #madeline usher #lorraine broughton #verna #theodora crain #alma peregrine #natasha romanoff #ilsa faust #jean grey #dana scully #alcina dimitrescu #jamie taylor #words and strange ramblings

[guy60660]

Gene Kelly | Jean-Pierre Aumont

#jean pierre aumont #gene kelly #cinema #the cross of lorraine

[trust-and-jump]

"It's not because we're heroes" - Identity Crisis ending

Identity Crisis #7

what a ride.

also Zatanna and Black Canary worrying about Atom.

also Oliver Queen, Green Arrow, telling Ralph Dibny, Elongated Man, to talk to his perished wife, "She can hear every word, I know", reminding us, that he does, in fact, know, because he was there, dead, in heaven...... that's....... okayyy..... wow.

and Dick Grayson desperately trying to get answer to call from Tim Drake (I also headcanon that after all that fiasco with heroes' families being in danger Dick is kinda panicking and needs to hear Tim's voice in the middle of the night - because judging from these panels he doesn't call him to reach out/help/reassure/show sympathy. he's afraid, and worried, and who knows, maybe even scared that Tim might do something drastic,,,,,, it's totally understandable for Dick to worry)

also Lorraine Reilly, Firehawk, quitting, because... you know... Firestorm's dead..... (yes, I somehow know who the hell Firehawk is. I'm surprised, too..)

also who the heck is this white-headed guy (and his companion), why don't I recognise him....

Also Clark Kent worrying about his mother and visiting her; and her reassuring Superman. Love them!

also Mr. Miracle not knowing what will happen to him and Big Barda in Countdown to Final Crisis LOL.

I tagged every character I recognised!!!! if you know more please tell me 💛

"The next few days aren't easy. And they're not supposed to be. But, like I said, slowly— eventually we go on with our lives. Not because we're brave. Or noble. And not even because we're heroes. We do it because that's life. The only difference today is... for the first time in a long time... we're reminded that the risk... isn't just ourselves."

— Oliver Queen.

#identity crisis dc #identity crisis #Tim Drake #Dick Grayson #oliver queen #ralph dibny #Lorraine Reilly #zatanna zatara #dinah lance #Jean Loring #clark kent #martha kent #Kents farm #okay now hero names #Robin #Nightwing #green arrow #elongated man #firehawk #firehawk dc #zatanna #black canary #superman #WHEW #scott free #mister miracle #I'M DONE #dc comics #dc comic panels #superheroes

[sapphicsukeve]

Kat Slaters hen do pt. 2 (19/09)

#eastenders #eve unwin #jean slater #stacey slater #karen taylor #suki panesar #sapphicsukeve #heather peace #lacey turner #lorraine stanley #gillian wright #honey mitchell #emma barton

[nicecurves]

#lorraine edwards #bf #jeans #standing #kneebent