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“If you see the beauty in something, don’t wait for others to agree”

— Sherihan Gamal

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Travel far enough, you meet yourself.

David Mitchell / Cloud Atlas

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Elie Saab | Spring/Summer 2025 Couture

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It’s not about romanticizing the mundane but about being receptive to the beauty that’s already there. The mundane isn’t void of meaning or romanticism; it’s rich with stories waiting to be uncovered and retold, beauty waiting to be seen and acknowledged — a flicker of sunlight on a windowsill, a stranger's smile in passing, the muffled music from your neighbors through the wall, the way steam rises from a cup of tea. Yet, to see it requires more than just looking — it asks for a surrender, a willingness to let go of cynicism and to meet the world on its own terms. Perhaps this is where the art of living begins — not in searching for grand happenings but in learning to embrace the quiet magic of what’s already in front of us. The extraordinary doesn’t need to be created; it has always been there, nestled within the folds of the ordinary, waiting patiently to be seen.

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“Perfume is a love affair with one’s self”

— Francois Coty (via lesgardenias)

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- Bram Stoker's Dracula

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not to be entitled but…..i deserve to be loved like im in a female-written period romance and for all of my wildest dreams to come true

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“the purest form of love, i think, is having someone who wants to learn about you, from you, and with you.”

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She wanted flowers and music and enchantment and love,—

Willa Cather, Lucy Gayheart (1935)

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“May you dream of lovely things and wake to find them real.”

— J.J. Heller

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Finding a fresh new daydreaming plot is honestly the best feeling.

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“Her eyes said more than words can say.”

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There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens

Ecclesiastes 3:1