How To See Fairies. Charles Van Sandwyk. Vancouver: Fairy Press, [1992]. First edition, first printing. Original French flaps.
“So often when I sleep at night my dreams are overladen with vision of the fairy folk, led by a tiny maiden. They dance upon my furrowed brow till I have all but woken, and this is what they say to me, in words so softly spoken. ‘If you are up at the dead of night or just before the dawn, then you might see the fairy folk aplaying on the lawn.’”
That moment when you have to take a deep breath before speaking cause you know you’re so close to crying.
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Ahhh yes…James Norton
When Mankind Was Young. F. Britten Austin. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Co. 1927. First edition. Original dust jacket.
Collection of linked stories set in prehistoric times. “Druid rite when a human sacrifice was made, or at the festival where the fairest pair of lovers was offered to the savage god in the Spring to insure bountiful crops.”
My first love showed me everything I couldn’t live without. He also showed me everything I would never tolerate, ever again.
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King Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan (ruled 1919-1929) once gave a public speech in which he said “Islam did not require women to cover their bodies or wear any special kind of veil”. At the conclusion of the speech, to the amazement of those present, Queen Soraya tore off her veil in public.
the soul that was born to die for you
“What pains you?” he asked one night. I breathed, looked at him and said, “You.”
because you are honest at 2am // Genefe Navilon (via theprocast)