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Myth is the Minotaur.

House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski Theseus and the Minotaur in the Labyrinth, Edward Burne-Jones Theseus Mosaic from a Roman Villa Minotaure blesse, Pablo Picasso The Beginner’s Guide, Davey Wreden Ariadne Watching the Struggle of Theseus with the Minotaur, Henry Fuseli

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the haunting is architectural

House of Leaves (2000, Mark Z Danielewski) // Winchester Mystery House (x) // Haunted Houses (2010, Corrine Bay Motz) // The Yellow Wallpaper (1892, Charlotte Perkins Gilman) // Floor Plan of Winchester Mystery Mansion (x) // House of Leaves (2000, Mark Z Danielewski) // Krzywy Domek (x) // 'Darkitecture': The art and psychology of haunted house design (Jessica Rapp, 2018) // Floor Plan of Hill House (Shirley Jackson) // The Haunting of Hill House (1959, Shirley Jackson)

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/J /srs

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Just finished Sanctuary by Andi C. Buchanan! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Seeds For Tomorrow

Inspired by the brave Ukrainian woman who told the invading Russian soldier “Put sunflower seeds in your pocket so that sunflowers will grow when you die here.”

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“Before recording the strange history that follows, I felt I ought to take a look at the house where such a gruesome murder was committed.” —The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo

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So cruel were the whims of history.

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Compiling a list of titles for my ‘one classic per month’ reading goal. ♡

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nothing is as tender as annotating your favourite books. it’s like leaving a piece of your heart on the pages for somebody else to find.

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It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.

Donna Tartt, The Secret History

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And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King (via perfeqt)

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Sappho, tr. by Anne Carson, from If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho

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