#simonetta: my gilded lily
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She’s so hungry — greedy almost, but not quite — for all the wonderful things in the world.
Elsa Maxwell on Marilyn Monroe
#words#elsa maxwell#marilyn monroe#alice: my lost star#priya: my escape artist#simonetta: my gilded lily#babette: my sparkling diamond#jemima: my new tide#grey: my defective miracle
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She seemed aware of her beauty in the manner of someone with something she is determined you should enjoy.
Alexander Chee, The Queen of the Night
#words#alexander chee#the queen of the night#simonetta: my gilded lily#ilsa: my mirror image#babette: my sparkling diamond#zelda: my fatal attraction
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Men often complain of the wickedness of women. Of how we delight in what power we have over their hearts. But they reign over everything else, so of course, they grudge us this, should we ever come to rule over this thing the size of their fist.
Alexander Chee, The Queen of the Night
#alexander chee#queen of the night#words#babette: my sparkling diamond#varenka#daphne: my bohemian revolution#simonetta: my gilded lily
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She was wonderful — you could eat her with a spoon.
Amy Greene on Marilyn Monroe
#words#amy greene#marilyn monroe#babette: my sparkling diamond#alice: my lost star#viarana: my small god#simonetta: my gilded lily#gigi: my silhouette in colour#marguerite: my abandoned glitter#varenka
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The fit of a dress determines the stride of a woman — whether she can bend at the waist, sit, or ride — and so for a woman to change her dress was to change even the way she walked and the speed at which she ran to her fate.
Alexander Chee, The Queen of the Night
#words#alexander chee#the queen of the night#yvon: my dangerous liaisons#simonetta: my gilded lily#arcine: my elegant savagery#henriette: my beautiful age
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