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Snuff bottle in the shape of a butterfly, ca. 19th century, China

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Nikos Kazantzakis, from a letter featured in The Selected Letters of Nikos Kazantzakis

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long time no see, reverend daughter

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why wouldnt you increase municipal taxes on rich people. itll make it more prestigious if its more expensive. rich people love wasting money in exchange for intangible prestige

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The Knight of the Flowers (1894)

— by Georges Rochegrosse

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social contract is all fucked now, nobody wears ear buds on the train anymore and almost nobody will assassinate a politician for the greater good

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everything in the natural order is either a miasma or a crystal

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i swear to god you can never find the complimentary candy you see in lobbies in a store. they are sourcing them from the shadow dimension

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Summer hedgerow: foxgloves and honeysuckle

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youve heard of 'california sober'.. get ready for 'portland monogamous'

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i'm my own boss and still blogging on company time #noexcuses

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In the locked tomb. straight up “rolling it”. and by “it”, haha, well. let’s justr say. my rock

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Gaylon Keeling

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new goal is storygraph fame. im gonna blow up and act like i don't know nobody etc etc

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So My World Is Expanding