Dante Gabriel Rossetti was born on 12 May 1828:
Portrait of Jane Morris asleep on a sofa by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1869/1871
“Sometimes thou seem’st not as thyself alone, But as the meaning of all things that are.”-Dante Gabriel Rossetti
“Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.”-Henri-Frédéric Amiel
Henri-Frédéric Amiel
Terrifying 1906 Illustrations of H.G. Wells’ ‘The War of the Worlds’ [Flavorwire]
Martian Emerges. Image from Flavorwire.
Artwork by Henrique Alvim Corrêa.
Portrait of the Writer Leonid Andreyev by Valentin Serov, 1907
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”-Ralph Waldo Emerson (died 27 April 1882)
Maud Gonne (died 27 April 1953)
I even have a yellow dog sleeping at my feet. I’m just missing a gorgeous gown.
My soundtrack for the day:
Marie Corelli died on 21 April 1924:
Portrait of Marie Corelli by F. Adrian
“No one is contented in this world, I believe. There is always something left to desire, and the last thing longed for always seems the most necessary to happiness.”-Marie Corelli, A Romance of Two Worlds
Thomas Mann by Johann Lindner, 1904
…and Kurt Vonnegut is still relevant.
Kurt Vonnegut, 1940. Shortridge High School yearbook.
“True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.”-Kurt Vonnegut (11 November 1922-11 April 2007)
Kurt Vonnegut Quote Dictionary Art Print by Improvisatori. $6.99
“I need solitude for my writing; not ‘like a hermit’–that wouldn’t be enough–but like a dead man.”-Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka, 1923
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