But if the earth ends in fire
And the seas are frozen in time
There'll be just one survivor
The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.
— The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien (b. 3 January 1892)












coral:

The darkest nights produce the brightest stars.







brianstowell: “Mount Rainier National Park, Washington ”
brianstowell: “Mount Rainier National Park, Washington ”

brianstowell:

Mount Rainier National Park, Washington



















You and I know each other in our bones,
— Kurt Vonnegut, from a letter to Nanny Vonnegut wr. c. January 1973 (via violentwavesofemotion)


















As for the beauty of women, it is like the light on the sea,
— Virginia Woolf, from The Complete Works; “Jacob’s Room,” wr. c. 1922
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