life:

Her sex-symbol image aside, Marilyn Monroe was an avid reader of 20th-century literature and was often photographed curling up with a book, as in this Peter Stackpole shot taken at her Hollywood home in 1953.
(see more photos here)

life:

Her sex-symbol image aside, Marilyn Monroe was an avid reader of 20th-century literature and was often photographed curling up with a book, as in this Peter Stackpole shot taken at her Hollywood home in 1953.

(see more photos here)


need this to become my swimming suit. and my hair. 
theclotheshorse:

Photoshoot by Emmelie Åslin (by Johanni)

need this to become my swimming suit. and my hair. 

theclotheshorse:

Photoshoot by Emmelie Åslin (by Johanni)


libraryland:

loveyourchaos: (by the vamoose)


ahhhhhh…love this. love the colors. I think blue smattered on the face is OH so attractive. 

libraryland:

loveyourchaos: (by the vamoose)

ahhhhhh…love this. love the colors. I think blue smattered on the face is OH so attractive. 


“Oh youth, youth, what a strange mad muddle you make of things.”

“A sense of theatre is always fatal.”

“You spoil yourself by trying to be clever.”

“June has always been an unlucky month for me.”

Noel Coward “Hay Fever”


Open a book this minute and start reading. Don’t move until you’ve reached page fifty. Until you’ve buried your thoughts in print. Cover yourself with words. Wash yourself away. Dissolve.
Carol Shields (via fleurishes)

(via libraryland)



thenewinquiry:

From Stories of Mr. Keuner, by Bertolt Brecht (City Lights Books, 2001)

thenewinquiry:

From Stories of Mr. Keuner, by Bertolt Brecht (City Lights Books, 2001)


this looks absolutely delish. and eggs know that i’m not their biggest fan. 
robot-heart:

Breakfast (by Citrushearts)

this looks absolutely delish. and eggs know that i’m not their biggest fan. 

robot-heart:

Breakfast (by Citrushearts)


sometimes i feel so fragile that i might just float away. sometimes I feel so full that I might just float away. sometimes i feel so alive i am floating. sometimes i just float. 

sometimes i feel so fragile that i might just float away. sometimes I feel so full that I might just float away. sometimes i feel so alive i am floating. sometimes i just float.