"The Most Colorful Thing In The World Is Black And White, It Contains All Colors And At The Same Time

– Sergey Diaghilev (Russian ballet impresario, 1872-1929), to French dramatist and film director Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)

dead poets society (1989, written by tom schulman)

“Morning light can make the most vulgar things tolerable” — the secret history, by donna tartt.

“Lost in nostalgia,”

— Archilochus, from 7 Greeks (tr. Guy Davenport)

–Victor Hugo, Les Miserables

“There is nothing as certain as silence, stillness, and solitude to introduce you to the secrets of yourself.” Guy Finley

oliasaunders.art

chaotic academia is [writes on hand] [ink on ankles] [ink on elbows] [ink on neck] [urge to buy white flowy dresses] [writing unfinished poems] [making a big deal of birthdays] [writing prose and poetry for friends] [forgetting mundane schoolwork] [researching something niche] [reading old queer love letters] [editing a friend's book] [wishing for love] [shouting into the void silently] [reading incessantly]

The Secret History, 1992. 

"You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star."

-Friedrich Nietzsche