February 2010
28 posts
Soulfulness is sorrowful feeling transformed into something beautiful, creative...
– Zadie Smith (via britticisms)
January 2010
19 posts
Markus von pfeiffer :: journalistic magician. word... →
THE DIARIES OF HEIDI SLIMANE →
bring me my heart on a silver patter. and when i see it thump ill be satisfied
– tm
My favorite kind of beauty is jolie laide,... →
claytoncubitt:
“No, jolie laide aims to jog us out of our reflexive habits of looking and assessing by embracing the aesthetic pleasures of the visually off kilter: a bump on the nose, eyes that are set too closely together, a jagged smear of a mouth. It points away from the kittenish, pliant prettiness of Brigitte Bardot toward the tense, smolderingly imperfect allure of Anouk Aimée or Jeanne...
Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness...
– Simone de Beauvoir (via whokilled)