The Girl Next Door.»
We want to write our own love stories… be the directors of the fairy tale lives we’ve always dreamed of starring in.

As the years go by, we fantasize… we imagine… and then we dream some more… We dream of being the perfect pair: The Girl Next Door & James Franco - Style. We dream… Until one day…

…we wake up. And we realize we’re doing it all wrong.

That “Always” isn’t always meant to be planned by us. Sometimes, it’s planned for us…

And all we’re supposed to do, is sit back…

…smile… and watch the magic unfold.”


Non-Cadaver of Your Cache.»
I’m a soldier in the ranks of your broken empire,
without a uniform, besides my skin.
Your hands would turn to stone,
dare they feel me for a pulse.
But you wouldn’t.
So cold and bare,
I’m still marching.
-melissa ashley

Because everything this stands for is perfect. And the essence of him…of this photo: truly delightful.
-melissa ashley
“I have been in Milan one hour and have so far witnessed several of the best-dressed people I have seen in, oh, a decade.” Mark Schatzker explores Italy’s fashion capital.
(Source: condenasttraveler)
The Departed | Photography.>>
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Departed: yet another academic year.
This very morning: my last Victorian Novel lecture, held at the Protestant Cemetery of Rome.
Cemeteries aren’t supposed to be beautiful; they’re supposed to be lifeless.
But says who?
“THE MORTGAGED HEART”
The dead demand a double vision. A furthered zone,
Ghostly decision of apportionment. For the dead can claim
The lover’s senses, the mortgaged heart.
Watch twice the orchard blossoms in gray rain
And to the cold rose skies bring twin surprise.
Endure each summons once, and once again;
Experience multiplied by two—the duty recognized.
Instruct the quivering spirit, instant nerve
To schizophrenic master serve,
Or like a homeless Doppelgänger
Blind love might wander.
The mortgage of the dead is known.
Prepare the cherished wreath, the garland door.
But the secluded ash, the humble bone—
Do the dead know?
-Carson McCullers (1917-1967)






