“Open your mouth only if what you are going to say is more beautiful than silence.”
— Arabic Proverb
Nizar qabbani/ Rumi
Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith and Her Maidservant, c. 1623-1625
Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died
“I want the part of you that you refuse to give.”
— Ellen Hopkins
Isle of the Dead Arnold Böcklin
"The Baroque Theatre" by Filth City.
Like Water for Chocolate, Days of Being Wild, Les Félins
“When I’m depressed, I feel like I’m a T-Rex who wants to clap her hands but can’t. Then you said you’d be a T-Rex too and clapped my hand. We’d sing, “If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.” I said thank you and hugged you Then you said that we need longer hands to hug We need to evolve to have longer hands And we’ll figure it out together.”
— 09/24/13, anastasiasyah
The Last Days of Pompeii (James Hamilton, 1864)