“Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents and everyone is writing a book.”

Cicero, circa 43 BC (via amandaonwriting)

“The recency illusion is the belief or impression that something is of recent origin when it is in fact long-established.”

(via cimness)

colourthysoul:

René Schützenberger - Reader at the Window (1890)

colourthysoul:

René Schützenberger - Reader at the Window (1890)

“You killed my son and now you are giving me a tree?”

An Iraqi farmer to Peter Van Buren of the US State Department after his team tried to give away fruit tree seedlings to replant ruined orchards. (via setbabiesonfire)

(Source: The New York Times)

heartbreakur:

when i look in the mirror:

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when i try to take a picture:

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kolkhara:
Oum Kalthom in Morocco - 1968

kolkhara:

Oum Kalthom in Morocco - 1968

(Source: isqineeha)

addiedomske:

Photos taken during my time in Aida Refugee Camp, making an ugly and imposing wall turn into a message of beautiful hope.

soldmysoultohell:

Hagia Sophia, Istanbul

Architects: Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles, 532-37 AD with later modifications. Converted into a mosque in 1453 and to a museum in modern times.