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Susan Sontag, from As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980, edited by David Rieff
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SYBIL; meaning prophetess or oracle
“I am reticent. I have green eyes. I see things others don’t.”
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BREANNA; meaning noble or exalted
“Exalted, able to see the unseen, radiant.”
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LYRA; meaning lyre or harp
“My soul pulsated in the shadow like a jarred harp”
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VERA; meaning faith or truth
“I always, through my whole life, liked to penetrate to the real truth; I like seeking the goddess in her temple, and handling the veil, and daring the dread glance.”
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The phantoms of the secret observation [...] The phenomena of erotic exaltation The kisses of winds fit for caress Live and relive day and night Over and under the navel of noon.
— Andreas Embirikos, Surrealism in Greece: An Anthology, transl by Nikos Stabakis, (2008)
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ARIANA; meaning most holy or sacred
“I needed to be reminded of mysterious and sacred things”
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SAMANTHA; has been linked to the Greek word "anthos" meaning flower.
“Come to me again when the moon moves the flower shadows.”
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Edith Wharton, from a letter to Morton Fullerton featured in The Selected Letters of Edith Wharton
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pinterest inspiration 13.
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NARCOSIS PARFUM BY THE VIRTUE
Scent notes: Sichuan Pepper, White Peony, Rose, Powdery Musk, Saffron, Geranium, Ambergris, Cloves, Patchouli.
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and my head aches a little, and my heart a little more
Emily Dickinson, from a letter to Abiah Rooth written c. May 1852
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