“By spring, Beverly’s soul had ascended. She died on a windy gray day in March when the sky was full of darting crows and the world lay prostrate and defeated after winter. Peter Lake was at her side, and it ruined him forever. It broke him as he had not ever imagined he could have been broken. He would never again be young, or able to remember what it was like to be young. What he had once taken to be pleasures would appear to him in his defeat as hideous and deserved punishments for reckless vanity.”
- Mark Helprin, Winter’s Tale (Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1983)
You should be outraged. You should be enraged and if you are not, if the senseless killing of the black community at the hands of our police force does not anger you please reevaluate your humanity.
To be unmoved by the current issues of our society is a privilege. To prioritize looting and damage to property over lost black lives and police brutality is to lack humanity.
Please evaluate and educate yourself, this is a major issue and we need serious reform and revolution in this country.
You can’t love the Romantics and academia and remain ignorant and complacent.
Photos taken from @thetogfather on Instagram
Once I do decide to watch them, I’m definitely doing a movie marathon.
Beautiful black woman in Dark Academia.
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“No sadness is greater than in misery to rehearse the memories of joy” - Dante Alighieri
bill and ted’s excellent adventure: are you more of an optimist or pessimist?
back to the future: which decade in the last century would you most have liked to live in?
the breakfast club: which high school stereotype do you fit into best?
ferris bueller’s day off: what’s your guilty pleasure?
footloose: who did you last dance with?
the goonies: what was the last thing to make you laugh?
the outsiders: why is your best friend your best friend?
the lost boys: would you rather be immortal or objectively beautiful to everyone?
labyrinth: what’s the relationship with your siblings like?
the karate kid: when did you last have to work really hard to achieve something you’re proud of?
stand by me: why did you last go on a road trip?
pretty in pink: what’s your signature ‘look’?
drugstore cowboy: which historical figure most spikes your interest?
ghostbusters: where were you when you watched your favourite movie for the first time?
sixteen candles: at which age do you consider a person to be mature?
dirty dancing: where were you when you first heard your favourite song?
better off dead: why did you last laugh so hard it reduced you to tears?
heathers: did you apologise the last time you were unreasonably mean?
parenthood: is there anyone you’re not biologically related to that you consider ‘family’?
permanent record: where were you the last time you told someone you loved them?
st. elmo’s fire: what’s one piece advice you would give to someone two years younger than yourself?
dangerous liaisons: which language would you most like to learn?
rumble fish: who do you look to for guidance in times of need?
e.t.: what’s one ‘weird’ feature that you love about yourself?
young guns: what’s one style that you love on others, but would never try yourself?
oxford blues: why did you last pretend to be something you’re not?
dead poet’s society: the last time you made a decision that everyone around you told you not to make, how did it work out?
Kataryna Castle
12 Angry Men- What’s your favorite movie?
2001: A Space Odyssey- What’s your least favorite movie?
A Streetcar Named Desire- What’s your favorite movie genre?
All About Eve- Do you like to watch movies with subtitles?
Apocalypse Now- What are your thoughts on children? Do you want any?
Ben-Hur- What’s the story/meaning behind your name?
Breakfast at Tiffany’s- What’s one of your favorite memories?
Breathless- What’s one of your least favorite memories?
Casablanca- Do you want to get married?
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof- What was your childhood like?
Citizen Kane- Do you prefer to read books or watch movies?
Dinner at Eight- What’s your favorite book?
Double Indemnity- Who is someone you look up to?
From Here to Eternity- Describe your perfect/ideal life.
Funny Face- What’s something that can always make you smile?
Gone With the Wind- How many relationships have you been in?
High Noon- What’s your ideal way to get warm?
It’s a Wonderful Life- What makes life better for you?
Jaws- What’s something from your past that you wish hadn’t happened?
Key Largo- What’s your favorite ice cream/cake/cookie flavor?
La Dolce Vita- What’s a talent of yours that you try to keep hidden from other people?
Lawrence of Arabia- What was your first job? Did you enjoy it?
My Fair Lady- What’s one of your favorite memories from when you were younger?
North by Northwest- What’s one of your least favorite memories from when you were younger?
Notorious- What’s one thing you like about yourself?
Psycho- What’s one thing you want to happen in the future (preferably within the next year)?
Rear Window- What’s one animal that you want to get?
Rebel Without a Cause- If you were to have kids, what would you want to name them/how would you choose a name?
Repulsion- What’s something you like to do in your free time?
Roman Holiday- If you could know the honest answer to any question, what question would it be?
Sabrina- If you could be with anyone right now, who would it be?
Shane- Honestly, how are you doing right now?
Singin’ in the Rain- Are you currently reading anything? If so, what is it?
Some Like It Hot- What would you tell your teenage self, if you could?
Sunset Boulevard- Who is someone that you can’t help but be happy around?
Taxi Driver- If you could change one thing that has happened to either yourself or someone you care about, what would you change?
The 400 Blows- What is one place you want to go to?
The Apartment- What is something that has impacted who you are today?
The Godfather- What is something that calms you?
The Graduate- Are you religious/spiritual?
The Maltese Falcon- What’s your favorite holiday? How do you like to spend it?
The Man Who Knew Too Much- How do you show affection and love?
The Philadelphia Story- What would you do if your parents didn’t like your partner(s)?
The Third Man- Have you ever lost someone that you were close to?
The Wizard of Oz- What’s something that helps you relax?
Titanic- Have you ever been forced into doing something that you didn’t want to do?
To Have and Have Not- What’s something that not a lot of people know about you?
Tokyo Story- How was your last relationship? Why did it end, and who ended it?
Touch of Evil- Have you ever done drugs/drank alcohol?
Vertigo- Have you ever been in love?
Witness for the Prosecution- Give a random fact about yourself
Wuthering Heights- Do you like cards/card games? Which is your favorite?