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oxford (2016.01.22)

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𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔤𝔬𝔬𝔡 𝔫𝔢𝔴𝔰 𝔦𝔰… 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔡𝔬𝔫’𝔱 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢 𝔦𝔫𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔦𝔟𝔩𝔢

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bleak and hollow

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@lovesdaya

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Quiet Minimal

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rare books at the university of toronto

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@academia-lucifer

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A rosy view of Oxford from the upper level of a double-decker bus 🚌. I’m getting off in a moment to read a magical manuscript in the Bodleian 💫!

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Fiat iustitia et pereat mundus

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The Penitent Magdalene (1665) by Mateo Cerezo.

Edited by me.

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“And love is when someone who even knows your scars, stays to kiss them.”

— Benjamin Griss

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Leila Chatti, from “Tea”

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“…the pale gold light of a November sky.”

-Albert Camus, The Plague, (1947)

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“If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise, and not very often kind. And much can never be redeemed. Still life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happens better then all the riches or power in the world. It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins. Anyway, that’s often the case. Anyway, whatever it is, don’t be afraid of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb.”

— Mary Oliver, Don’t Hesitate

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