#cottage academia
“Яблоко от яблони недалеко падает.”
“The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.“
“Όντας δε θνητούς θνητά και φρονείν χρεών.”
“As mortals we should behave as mortals.”
i cannot even begin to emphasize how romantic signing off letters or postcards with “always yours” is. like… no one ever knows if they would be together forever. we love someone with the knowledge that they might not be in our lives in the future. we know we could fall apart. we still write “always yours”, because we mean to say, “hey, i know you might not be in my life forever, but you will have a part of me still. a part of me will be always yours to keep.” i need a moment
•Van Gogh’s flowers•
I had a very childlike rage
And a very childlike loneliness.
And if the devil was ever to see you,
He’d kiss your eyes and repent.
What do you seek?
Seeing couples who are deeply in love with each other is a different kind of beauty
The phrase ‘all things that fall get broken’ truly terrifies me because I’m falling hard but unfortunately fictional characters can’t catch you
Kissing your lover in the rain > everything else
Tumblr is the place for romantics who are scared of love
If your dark academia friend goes missing here is how to find them!
1. Make a small shrine of books, perhaps Shakespeare or the Picture of Dorian Gray, leave some tea or coffee, maybe a few jumpers if it’s cold and of course leave a copy of Dead Poets Society
2. Leave it near your local library/forrest/curiosity shop/aesthetic cafe /old building or anywhere that seems fitting to yearn
3. Wait until nightfall as they are most likely an insomniac and will most likely becone productive anywhere between 11 pm and 3 am
Hopefully your friend will emerge from their hideaway and you can safely take them home
Dark academia is the aesthetic for people who:
Had a tense emo phase that matured into dark academia
Had an unhealthy Harry Potter obsession and now hates J. K. Rowling
Played games revolving around mythical creature as a child
Was able to read at an adult level at age 8 and spent their childhood reading
Anyone who is a part of any of the academia aesthetics will agree that it is just dressing like it is autumn all year round no matter the weather
Some of you did not play werewolves and vampires growing up and it really shows
I think the thing I love the most about reading is imagining what each character looks like because no matter what the description is, everyone will imagine the characters differently
Academics be like ‘I know a place’ and then take you to their favourite reading spot in the woods and lecture you on books for three hours
Yes parents I know I’m nearly 17 but I’m still going into the woods with my friends to make a den so we can read poetry together
Since when did going to balls and wearing ballgowns go out of fashion?
