Roiled

March52013

“Seems the light is swiftly fading
Brighter scenes they do now show
I am standing by the river
Angels wait to take me home.”—The Cox Family

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July132012

“It was always the becoming he dreamed of, never the being.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

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July112012

The only legend I have ever loved is
the story of a daughter lost in hell.
And found and rescued there.
--Eavan Boland, "The Pomegranate"

The only legend I have ever loved is

the story of a daughter lost in hell.

And found and rescued there.

--Eavan Boland, "The Pomegranate"

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July102012

He rode over Connecticut
In a glass coach.
Once, a fear pierced him,
In that he mistook
The shadow of his equipage
For blackbirds.—Wallace Stevens, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”

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I have seen, I have been
to places far and deep in my mind
only to find
comfort in your strangeness.

—Cynthia Alexander, “Comfort In Your Strangeness”

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January202012

Barbie is just a doll.
Mary Schmich

(Source: fractionmagazine)

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January82012

Rudolph Valentino in The Eagle.

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Rudolph Valentino Valentino The Eagle Silent Film Vilma Banky

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marilynmay:

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Montgomery Clift

December232011

littlelovenest:

…to all my followers & friends

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rudolphvalentino:

The Delicious Little Devil (1919)

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7PM

inneroptics:

Ruth St. Denis in The Peacock, posed on the grounds of Ravinia Park. (1914)

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Dancer Ruth St. Denis Peacock Dancing Ravinia Park

7PM

This plot just puts me to sleep.

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7PM

vintagemoviedelight:

“The others around the table would be actor friends, dim figures you may still remember from the silent days. I used to think of them as her Wax Works.” - Joe Gillis, Sunset Boulevard

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Buster Keaton Sunset Boulevard movies Gloria Swanson

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