“I Take Great Care Of Myself By Carefully Shutting Myself Away”

Who. Was. The. Genius.

This is literal perfection.

My take on ALW Phantom meets Leroux Phantom.

“Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow.”

— Vincent van Gogh

[…] for when one has fire within and a soul, one cannot keep bottling them up – better to burn than to burst […]

Vincent van Gogh, from ‘The Letters of Vincent van Gogh’ ⁠— Wilhelmina van Gogh c. summer or autumn 1887, tr. Arnold Pomerans

““Why, you love him! Your fear, your terror, all of that is just love and love of the most exquisite kind, the kind which people do not admit even to themselves.””

— Raoul to Christine, the Phantom of the Opera

Famous authors talking about Dostoevsky

Literally read and watched C&P after a breakup because I needed him. My mom heard me from the other room: “Come, Rodya. Let’s suffer together.”

"My child is fine."

"Your child's comfort character is Raskolnikov."

Me defending my favourite fictional character: he's not even that bad (meanwhile he has a literal torture chamber in his house and drops chandelier on people)

If you get it, be my friend. Seriously please be my friend.

Wedding day