#romantic dark academia

[persephonediary]

No Flame Burns Forever, Alex Stoddard

[oi-what-the-fuck]

Dark Romantic Academia

listening to old love songs

dressing classy

getting excited about love fragments in a novel

holding eye contact with strangers on the street to make them blush

scented candles

jane austen fan

heart shaped lockets

obsessed with their soulmate/the concept of them

likes slight PDA, holding hands, gentle kisses etc.

shows more affection in private

love letters

cries on movies and books

hopeless romantic

(photos taken from Pinterest, all credits to the owners)

[kaleb-is-definitely-sane]

moodboard request: @high-heels-on-cobblestones

[mindstack]

in the woods we explore the spaces

left between pen and written word

[imthebadguyyy]

the thing with people who lack affection and love, is that every little touch is the world. every kind gesture, the gentle brush of skin against skin, soft smiles flashed from people they know or strangers, happy belly laughs and simple acts of love like making a cup of tea or plucking a flower, intimacy in the little things, they all mean something. a soft hello or a quick i love you. a text from someone they care about or a reminder of how much they mean to someone. they find that love and affection wherever they get it, with whoevers kind enough to care. a song recommendation, a sweet comment, a little pick me up or a simple compliment. people who have lacked affection and love do not ask for that comfort, they choose to search for it, and find it wherever they can.

[rawlinacademia]

eye contact and THAT TOO maintaining eye contact is such a passionate thing isnt it?

[wedarkacademia]

- Evelyn Waugh, from Brideshead Revisited (1945)

[jayvespertine]

— Trista Mateer ,“I Still Forget We’re Not Even Friends”

[bebx]

[paracosmoon]

[fromdarzaitoleeza]

{Quotes marguaxpoetry on Instagram / Sarah Kay}

[persephonediary]

“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic”

— Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

[x3nshit]

one thing i need to start living by is “become the thing that you want” if i want friends who throw themed parties maybe i should start throwing those parties. if i want someone who writes me love letters maybe i should start writing letters for the people i love. if i want to hang out at museums and pretty cafes maybe i should invite my friends to these places. and maybe even then i won’t find the kind of people i want to be around. but then i would have become the exact person i want to be around. and maybe that’s good enough.

[kaleb-is-definitely-sane]

[whimsifae]

[secrets-i-whisper-to-the-moon]

Bilal Al-Shams, Sacrifice