Hillside Views

And did you get what
you wanted from this life even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself
beloved on the earth.

—Late Fragment, Raymond Carver

(Source: dancingraphics)

Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time.

—Albert Camus (via thatkindofwoman)

and from despair to gratefulness that Beauty is a reflection of Him

(via dancingraphics)

book-aesthete: École de cavalerie, contenant la conoissance, l’instruction, et la conservation de cheval. LA GUERINIERE, Francois Robichon de. Paris, Collombat, 1733. Folio. Contemporary calf. With 15 engraved plates (3 double-page, some folding), 8 full-page engraved illustrations in the text, 5 engraved vignettes, and several headpieces and initials, all hand-coloured. The rare first edition of one of the most beautiful books on horses. “Un des plus beaux ouvrages qui aient paru en France sur le cheval” (Mennessier de la Lance). An outstanding collector’s item by virtue of the paper, composition, and the beautiful engravings by Charles Parrocel. The engravings, in charming colour, show horsemen, bridles, saddles, horseshoes, the horse’s skeleton, etc. Different collations provided by various bibliographies are due to the fact that the illustration “Allures naturelles”, here a double plate, is usually divided into two parts.

book-aesthete:

École de cavalerie, contenant la conoissance, l’instruction, et la conservation de cheval.
LA GUERINIERE, Francois Robichon de. Paris, Collombat, 1733.

Folio. Contemporary calf. With 15 engraved plates (3 double-page, some folding), 8 full-page engraved illustrations in the text, 5 engraved vignettes, and several headpieces and initials, all hand-coloured.

The rare first edition of one of the most beautiful books on horses. “Un des plus beaux ouvrages qui aient paru en France sur le cheval” (Mennessier de la Lance). An outstanding collector’s item by virtue of the paper, composition, and the beautiful engravings by Charles Parrocel. The engravings, in charming colour, show horsemen, bridles, saddles, horseshoes, the horse’s skeleton, etc. Different collations provided by various bibliographies are due to the fact that the illustration “Allures naturelles”, here a double plate, is usually divided into two parts.

(via book-aesthete)

I feel my life is so scattered right now. Like it’s all these small pieces of paper and someone’s turned on the fan. But talking to you makes me feel like the fan’s been turned off for a little bit. Like things could actually make sense. You completely unscatter me, and I appreciate that so much.

—John Green & David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

(Source: bookmania)

dancingraphics: katherineemiller: “I stood in the center of the world and was humbled.” woodcut, 4-color reduction print, 10”x22” Loosely inspired by the line from Bon Iver’s Holocene, “And at once I knew I was not magnificent.” Art blog update.

dancingraphics:

katherineemiller:

“I stood in the center of the world and was humbled.” woodcut, 4-color reduction print, 10”x22”

Loosely inspired by the line from Bon Iver’s Holocene, “And at once I knew I was not magnificent.”

Art blog update.

bookmania: Library at Biltmore House, Asheville, North Carolina and a hidden door behind the upper level of the fireplace

bookmania:

Library at Biltmore House, Asheville, North Carolina

and a hidden door behind the upper level of the fireplace

iheartclassics: “Yes, I know most of you just grab the book and open the cover, but this is about respect, people! Follow protocol, and your reading experience will be technically enjoyable.”Lol.   maloriebrooke: I just loved this. We must care for the things we cherish. :)

iheartclassics:

“Yes, I know most of you just grab the book and open the cover, but this is about respect, people! Follow protocol, and your reading experience will be technically enjoyable.”

Lol.  

maloriebrooke:

I just loved this. We must care for the things we cherish. :)

For the survivor who chooses to testify, it is clear: his duty is to bear witness for the dead and for the living. He has no right to deprive future generations of a past that belongs to our collective memory. To forget would be not only dangerous but offensive; to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.

—Elie Wiesel, Night

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