Ed Van Der Elsken : Pierre And Paulette (Kiss With Hand Around Cheek), 1951.

“She was intelligent, and intelligent women mixed literature and poetry with love,”

— Anaïs Nin, from “Delta Of Venus,” originally published c. August 1977

Act like you’re blessed. Talk like you’re blessed. Walk like you’re blessed. Think like you’re blessed. Smile like you’re blessed. Dress like you’re blessed. Put actions behind your faith, and one day you will see it become a reality.

I swear by the moon I am most melancholy soft, and most outrageous sentimental.

Edna St. Vincent Millay, from “The Lamp and the Bell,” published c. 1921 (via violentwavesofemotion)

Léa de Lonval’s bedroom (Chéri, 2009)

“Every season is not a harvest. There are seasons of watering, planting, pulling up weeds and fertilizing.”

small things to add to a hand written letter:

a teabag of your favourite tea

heart shaped note with cute drawings

stickers on the outside of the letter, and inside

handmade paper doll

small print or postcard

a sketch or a little painting or a poem

glitter or sequins or pearls or buttons

small candies or bubblegum

cut out magazine pictures or articles

folded paper, like origami

textile like small ribbons or clothing patches

coins or flat things found in a souvenir shop

pressed flower or leaf

Vladimir Nabokov, Soft Sound.

Greenhouses💚