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« Je suis resté un bon moment avec lui en laissant passer le temps, celui qui va lentement et qui n'est pas français. Monsieur Hamil m'avait souvent dit que le temps vient lentement du désert avec ses caravanes de chameaux et qu'il n'était pas pressé car il transportait l'éternité. Mais c'est toujours plus joli quand on le raconte que lorsqu'on le regarde sur le visage d'une vieille personne qui se fait voler chaque jour un peu plus et si vous voulez mon avis, le temps, c'est du côté des voleurs qu'il faut le chercher. »

- La vie devant soi par Emile Ajar

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“Autumn approaches and the heart begins to dream–”

— Bashō, from The Sound of Water: Haiku by Bashō, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets (trans. Sam Hamill with illustrations by Kaji Aso)

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moss light

Kings River, California

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i killed a plant once because i gave it too much water. lord, i worry that love is violence.

— José Olivarez, from “Getting Ready to Say I Love You to My Dad, It Rains,” Citizen Illegal

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A remarkable Jacobean re-emergence after 200 years of yellowing varnish Courtesy Philip Mould

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The Suite of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg

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Jaipur | nicdelmar

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Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.

ACT I SCENE V | Romeo and Juliet

Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema

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Bergheim, Alsace, France

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New Dawn

Beautiful Roses by P. Svoboda, illustrations by J. Kaplicka, 1965

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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)

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“Maybe “exciting” love is overrated. The sort that drives you crazy and keeps you up at night. Give me gentleness, care, humility instead. Give me soft kisses and pillow talk, and sharing intimate secrets on park benches. I prefer long walks and train rides to new places, or road trips to nowhere in particular. Give me safety, and knowing, and certainty. No mind games, no wondering. Give me happiness, pure, unadulterated happiness with a person who knows me inside and out.”

— Sue Zhao // Nothing but Strawberries #5 

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Le Château de la Foltière | chateau-garden.

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Coffee goals | nicdelmar

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