“I’m an alienist. That is a doctor. But instead of looking to cure a disease of the body, I look to help those who suffer from an illness of the mind. Sometimes society looks upon people as crazy. It may only mean that they are alienated from their own true natures.” └ The Alienist premieres January 22nd on TNT
“Swifts on a fine morning in May, flying this way, that way, sailing around at a great height perfectly happily. Then… Then one leaps onto the back of another, grasps tightly, and forgetting to fly, they both sink down and down in a great, dying fall, fathom after fathom, until the female utters…” Yes? Becoming Jane (2007) dir. Julian Jarrold
arianna’s favourite movies ≡ marie antoinette, dir. sofia coppola (2006) “where will i be if there’s a rupture between our two families? am i to be Austrian, or the dauphine of france? you must be both.”
I know my daughters will fight their bosom enemies bravely and conquer themselves so beautifully that when I come back to them, I may be fonder and prouder than ever of my little women.
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