"Nostalgia is denial, denial of the painful present. The name for this denial is Golden Age thinking - the erroneous notion that a different time period is better than the one ones living in - its a flaw in the romantic imagination of those people who find it difficult to cope with the present."
georgian buildings, 18th century oil paintings, bikes with baskets, going to bakeries at 9am, 30 year old leather oxfords, new sketchbooks and watercolour paints, violins, organs, flutes, century old sheet music, concert halls, marble fireplaces, warm rooms, coffee shops at 5pm, oak furniture, and fabric bookmarks, rb if u agree
“Without elegance of the heart, there isn’t any elegance.”
— Yves Saint Laurent (via quotemadness)
Today I’ve learnt that there’s a word in italian (”solare”) to describe a person who brights the room, who is warm and good and cheerful and worries about others and I think is so cute??? I love it
do you ever have those random moments when you just realize how much you love something? whether it’s listening to your fav song or going back to a hobby you loved as a kid or when you get coffee and for some reason it’s just perfect that day and you’re reminded why you order that exact coffee everyday
i can’t believe there are people who live in such historically rich places like italy or scotland or greece or paris with old architecture and ruins and museums… the audacity.
me while sipping apple juice out of a champagne glass and looking dramatically off into the distance: i’ve had it
people take advantage of a libra’s inability to say no and think they’ve gotten away with it undetected. but libras analyze everything, and they keep a mental receipt of everytime you’ve ever wronged them. they may not bring it up or make a scene because they’re generally easy going and adaptable people— but just know, they know. and their opinion of you will certainly reflect that
romanian word of the day: noapte f. (ˈno̯ap.te), night
„Noaptea este lumina Poeţilor.“ - Aneta Timplaru Horghidan
[translation: The night is the light of the Poets]
