rosedewson:

“A winter sky, a soft warmish December sky whose tender ash grey makes of the rose with its rotting shades a transparent flower of amber.”

— Jean Lorrain, from Selected Poems; “Dropping Petals,”  written c. 1889
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violentwavesofemotion:

“Warmth, perfume, rugs, soft lights, books.”

— Anaïs Nin, from a diary entry featured in Mirages: The Unexpurgated Diary; 1939-1947

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flowerais:

Types of Girls: flower edition 

Daisy girls: naturally beautiful, childlike but wise, loves dancing, languages and pastels, top of the class, secretly wants to be a mermaid

Rose girls: falls in love easily, obsessed with glitter and sunsets, dreams of foreign cities, always rosy cheeked, sensitive, can be hard to talk to

Sunflower girls: rays of sunshine, always knows how to make you smile, secretly insecure, sad a lot, sweet tooth, procrastinates a lot, best fashion sense

Hydrangea girls: confident, good at sports, has an aesthetic bedroom, listens to 80s music, likes conspiracy theories, can be stubborn

Violet girls: likes fairy lights, daydreams too much, secretly rebellious, acts tough but is soft, wants to dye their hair, loves their friends more than anything

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space-ace16:

If Tumblr dies here’s a list of the places you can find me!

• The woods at 3:48 am

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moorsprite:

a dark billowing coat, the smell of orange blossoms on a summers night, lace trimming on a nightgown, shuttered windows, a rotting wooden bench concealed beneath a willow tree, a hidden staircase lit by candlelight

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