#marguerite: my abandoned glitter

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described as wearing more perfume than clothing,

on Marchesa Luisa Casati, Infinite Variety by Michael Orlando Yaccarino & Scott D. Ryersson

#words #marchesa luisa casati #luisa casati #michael orlando yaccarino #scott d. ryersson #fei: my infinite variety #marguerite: my abandoned glitter #henriette: my beautiful age #dominique: my dangerous girlhood #infinite variety #vaelena: my oyster sickness

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There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl's complexion.

Holly Golightly, Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)

#words #c: holly golightly #ava: my empty spotlight #marguerite: my abandoned glitter

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She was wonderful — you could eat her with a spoon.

Amy Greene on Marilyn Monroe

#words #amy greene #marilyn monroe #babette: my sparkling diamond #alice: my lost star #viarana: my small god #simonetta: my gilded lily #gigi: my silhouette in colour #marguerite: my abandoned glitter #varenka

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She sighs as if she could empty her whole heart.

The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock, Imogen Hermes Gowar

#words #the mermaid and mrs. hancock #imogen hermes gowar #babette: my sparkling diamond #eilina: my heavy crown #emily: my rotten poetry #henriette: my beautiful age #marguerite: my abandoned glitter #rose: my loose feather #varenka #romina

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She would always be like this. Familiar, full of vaguely oracular pronouncements, a Pythian oracle fed on champagne and pearls instead of myrrh.

Alexander Chee, Queen of the Night

#alexander chee #queen of the night #séverine: my phantom thread #zelda: my fatal attraction #ch inspiration #words #daphne: my bohemian revolution #marguerite: my abandoned glitter