‘Death is the mother of beauty,’ said Henry. ‘And what is beauty?’ ‘Terror.’ ‘Well said,’ said Julian. ‘Beauty is rarely soft or consolatory. Quite the contrary. Genuine beauty is always quite alarming.’ I looked at Camilla, her face bright in the sun, and thought of that line from the Iliad I love so much, about Pallas Athene and the terrible eyes shining. ‘And if beauty is terror,’ said Julian, ‘then what is desire? We think we have many desires, but in fact we have only one. What is it?’ ‘To live,’ said Camilla. ‘To live forever,’ said Bunny, chin cupped in palm. The teakettle began to whistle. Donna Tartt, The Secret HistoryTumblr (3.0; @cruelrona85)http://cruelrona85.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m70kztbAkK1rtqcjzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>when i became the sun i shone life into the man’s hearts</p>http://cruelrona85.tumblr.com/post/27000130567http://cruelrona85.tumblr.com/post/27000130567Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:59:53 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m62f4zfYA11rtqcjzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>me and my baby workin on a smize.  </p>http://cruelrona85.tumblr.com/post/25708906791http://cruelrona85.tumblr.com/post/25708906791Sat, 23 Jun 2012 06:14:59 -0400<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Nc5aP6qG10E?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/>http://cruelrona85.tumblr.com/post/20878494095http://cruelrona85.tumblr.com/post/20878494095Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:37:13 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2ajviYYjX1rtqcjzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Does such a thing as ‘the fatal flaw,’ that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn’t. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.</span></p>http://cruelrona85.tumblr.com/post/20877520416http://cruelrona85.tumblr.com/post/20877520416Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:23:42 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m23gy71MP81rtqcjzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://cruelrona85.tumblr.com/post/20637584659http://cruelrona85.tumblr.com/post/20637584659Sat, 07 Apr 2012 01:37:18 -0400