caravaggio, bacchus 1596
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cannibalism as a metaphor for love but also as a metaphor for metamorphosis and sex and hunger that does not stop at the stomach.
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Literally
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“In Event of Moon Disaster”, July 18, 1969.
White House speechwriter, William Safire, was asked to write a speech that President Nixon would make in case the Apollo 11 astronauts were stranded on the Moon.
It was never delivered, and this speech was quietly tucked away into Nixon’s records.
From - “American Originals” Treasures from the National Archives
Source: Nixon Library
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its not psychosis its divine knowledge this time
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Anaïs Nin, from The Diary of Anaïs Nin vol. I: 1931-1934
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my teeth were perfectly designed to tear abd rend the soft white flesh of the gentle beast known as the mozzarella
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sorry for being weird, the loneliness and the need for a deeper, more meaningful human connection is eating me alive
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the barista promised this caffeine was normal and not the kind that turns you into patrick bateman. one sip of iced oat milk mocha later. i have to return some videotapes.
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whenever i'm trying to talk myself out of buying something i don't need i always hear my old russian professor's voice echoing in my head: "WHAT??? WILL YOU DIE THE RICHEST MAN IN THE GRAVEYARD?" and then i make an unwise financial decision
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wish i could call in bitchy to work
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Swinside Neolithic Stone Circle, Sunkenkirk, South Lakes.
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“I watch him in the kitchen, and I think of how much it hurts to love somebody. How deep the hurt is, how almost unbearable. It’s not the love that hurts; it’s the possibility of anything happening to the object of your love.”
— Augusten Burroughs, Magical Thinking
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— Tennessee Williams, Notebooks
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On August 28, 1939, the Mona Lisa left the Louvre and on September 3, as war had been declared, a decision was taken to ensure that all of the most precious works would leave the premises by nightfall.
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