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-Lamia and the Soldier-

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-Scene from an Italian pergola in summer-

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“Hope not built on reason brings disappointment only.”

— Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Mistress of Spices

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Dryads & Naiads by Walter Crane (British artist, 1845-1915)

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Vampire (1825) Eugène Delacroix

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"The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God."

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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-Nymphs Finding the Head of Orpheus-

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Vienna

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Hobbe Smith, "View on Rhenen", ca. 1870-1942

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"Because it is dangerous to ignore the existence of the irrational. The more cultivated a person is, the more intelligent, the more repressed, then the more he needs some method of channeling the primitive impulses he's worked so hard to subdue."

-Donna Tartt, The Secret History

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Illumination of the Cross in St. Peter's on Good Friday, 1787 by Giovanni Battista Piranesi

WHEREVER ANGELS GO

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{Words by José Olivarez from Citizen Illegal /@fatimaamerbilal , from even flesh eaters don't want me.}

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“Dear Jeremy, I would just like to say what a wonderful actor you are. Your Sherlock Holmes puts every other attempt at the part in the shade. Basil Rathbone is not fit to clean your boots; and Douglas Wilmer and Robert Stephens should beg you to give them lessons. You’re much prettier than all of them, for a start. There is only one word for your performance - magic. Please send me a signed photograph. Your’s Joe Bloggs. P.S. I‘ve heard that you‘re really nice person, too.” “Did you really write that?” questioned him, his face now turning beet red from keeping himself from laughing. “Yes, I did.” Telling him pointedly, with just a faint hint of amusement. “Did you send it?” he asked as genuine curiosity crept into his voice. “Yes. I put a first-class stamp on it. I wanted to get it as soon as possible. It came the next morning.” I told him. “And did you read it?” he asked, continuing his gentle interrogation. “Of course I read it. I read it a dozen times. I felt wonderful afterwards.” I said wriggling in my chair from the shear nonsensical delight of my small caper. “Well, did you send yourself a signed photograph?»” “David, I may be mad - but I‘m not barking mad! In any case, the bugger didn‘t send a stamped addressed envelope!”

After my tale was done, we both looked at each other and burst into the most boisterous laughing session we had shared yet, which I might add was something indeed. And poor Deborah had to redo both of our make up for the tears of joy streaming down our faces.

This is wonderful! Thank you for sharing.

"Remembering the Humor of Jeremy Brett"

https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2019/09/remembering-humor-of-jeremy-brett.html

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-A Mermaid-

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"Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair and let us huddle together as darkness takes over. We are at home amidst the birds and the trees, for we are children of nature."

-Susan Polis Schutz

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