Glory

"You love each other- anyone can see that, looking at you- that kind of love that can burn down the world or raise it up in glory."

-Cassandra Clare (City of Fallen Angels)

Conversation 16 - The National

You Will Shine

Quietly - Air Castles

And

Marilyn Monroe

Brushes

Take what you like, but leave me my control. It is one of the few things I'd like to keep, even though it seems to have slipped away as of late. But if you find it in your rampages, please leave it for me.

Black and White

From National Geographic's 2010 photo contest

Street

Sail - AWOLNATION

Bones

Alice Hoffman

“It doesn’t matter what people tell you. It doesn’t matter what they might say. Sometimes you have to leave home. Sometimes, running away means you’re headed in the exact right direction.”

-Alice Hoffman (Practical Magic)

To Fly

Twist

-via Gatekeeper

Philip Pullman

"‘Thou shalt not’ is soon forgotten. ‘Once upon a time’ lasts forever."

–Philip Pullman

Play

Stephen Fretwell - Play

Pavement Trees

Photographs taken in the puddles of parking lots. See more from this series here.

Stay - Hurts

Jellyfish and Planet

-via Flickr

11 | The Beautiful Game

11 The Beautiful Game from GRO design on Vimeo.

I will learn to be good at this just so I can play on this table.

Kahlil Gibran

‎"You shall be together when white wings of death scatter your days. Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God. But let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let winds of the heavens dance between you."

-Kahlil Gibran

CS Lewis

"When I was ten, I read fairytales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man, I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."

- CS Lewis

Nothing Less

-via Deviantart

Henry Rollins

"Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul. When you go to work, work your ass off. When you hate someone, hate them until it hurts."

-Henry Rollins

Sugizo

-via Deviantart

Fairy Tales

"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales."

-Albert Einstein

Chuck Palahniuk

Paris Paris

-via Flickr

The skies open up and the rain pours down, and we'll just sit here drinking wine and stare down at the city as it floods, not a care in the world. It'll all be alright, in the end.

Oscar Wilde

"There was so much in you that charmed me that I felt I must tell you something about yourself. I thought how tragic it would be if you were wasted."
— Oscar Wilde

Age and Beauty

Advanced Style: Age and Beauty on Nowness.com.