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21. Writer. Bibliophile. Student. NorCal. Caffeine addict. Procrastinator.

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"On the third day of each new moon I must be free to do as I wish, and you must swear an oath on the body of the Boar whose flesh gave you sworn warriors that you will not attempt to see me or come near me on that day. Fear not, I will not leave the Castle nor try to escape you. This is my condition, and it cannot be altered.” — The Orphan’s Tales: In The Night Garden, Catherynne M. Valente

"There are only two positions one can take toward anything in life: hope or fear. Hope strengthens, fear kills." -Bloodfever, Karen Marie Moning

"I need coffee in an IV." -Lorelai Gilmore, GG

plays-with-squirrels:

what to wear when…lost at sea. skin never dries, hair grows brittle and crusty with salt. throats are perpetually parched, thick with thirst and doubt. there is no glory or glamor in this story, no mermaids splashing, no horizon to chase. only brine and suction and survival. only storms and bones.

plays-with-squirrels:

what to wear when…ready to demand attention. yellow is a statement, a visual cartwheel, a shriek of defiance of the mandate of silence and obedience. though typically associated with frivolity and flowers, yellow can also be a challenge, an invitation to play, a vibrant dare, a luminescent statement of victory and radiance and power and sensation and ferocity.

style-on-screen:

For what Atwood calls her “European wedding dress”—built from fabric found in Paris and gold details recovered in Italy—the designer says she immediately had a vision for the garment’s basic structure and toyed with the details once it was on the stand. “I knew that I wanted to do a caged collar,” she recalls. “I knew that I wanted to have an open sleeve with lacing up it, and I knew the basic shape.”

(Vanity Fair | From Sketch to Still: Colleen Atwood on Her Rooster-Feather, Chainmail, and Suede Designs for Snow White and the Huntsman)

plays-with-squirrels:

what to wear when…crunching over frosty grass in a sundress because damn it, it’s the first official day of spring and force of will can induce warmth. pastel flowers shiver off flecks of dew and gleaming cold sunlight slices through clouds. the chill will fade in a week or two.

plays-with-squirrels:

what to wear when you’re…odette, the crane wife, or a free bird of prey gnawing on sinews and gnashing on bones.

plays-with-squirrels:

what to wear when you’re…a selkie goddess of storms at sea, of doom and drowning, of or control and chaos. saltwater surges in her veins as she wreaks violent vengeance. in short, what to wear when you’re listening to florence and the machine’s ceremonials.

plays-with-squirrels:

what to wear when you’re…queen midas, a leader whose existence is a constant, conscious performance of her mythological meaning, heritage, authority, and invulnerability. she has a crystallized understanding of her place in the narrative and knows precisely how to glean and retain power within that framework.

part 4 of a bajillion-part series

harpersbazaar:

Look of the Day: Fan Bing Bing is a Vision in White

Photo credit: Mr. Newton

dreams-turned-reality:

Dolce & Gabbana, Fall 2012