Solitude was my only consolation — deep, dark, deathlike solitude. – Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

Two beers, two benadryl and 10 mg melatonin, perchance to dream.

#Glasgow #University #architecture #photography

Boo!

Blut ist ein ganz besondrer Saft. Blood is a very special juice. – Goethe, Faust

This thread is the perfect example of yet another social media platform descending into petty partisan bickering and utter raging nonsense

#31DaysofGraves Tag 13: Skelett / Skeleton Grabmalmuseum. Friedhof Ohlsdorf, Hamburg.

So many worlds, so much to do, so little done, such things to be. – Alfred Tennyson #Monday

James Macintosh Patrick’s poster advertising rail travel to Dunnottar Castle, Scotland, 1938

The cemetery is an open space among the ruins, covered in winter with violets and daisies. It might make one in love with death, to think that one should be buried in so sweet a place. – P.B. Shelley #mementomori #cemetery #cemeteries #spooktober

Altered endings... #literature #gothic

Today, on #WorldMigratoryBirdDay , ask whether your city or community is bird-friendly #WMBD #birds #wildlife #mephistopheles

Wo viel Licht ist, ist starker Schatten. Where there's much light, there's strong shadow. – Goethe

Continuation of the child's eye view of the French emigration, 1789 Delighted to reveal that: a) his mum also got chronic diarrhoea b) then they all went to meet the pope

*trust falls into the abyss*

Schlaft gut und habt keine Angst vor der Dunkelheit! Die mörderischsten Mörder kommen eh bei Licht.

#spooktober #gothic #romantics

Tragedy delights by affording 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 which exists in pain. – P.B. Shelley #Gothic #Romantics #booksky #books

The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself. – P.B. Shelley #Gothic #Romantics #booksky #books

The Crow's Judgement

Me: hey I’ve noticed you across the cemetery and I really like your vibe. Crow: *various crow noises*

Flicking through my (unbound, stained) copy of 𝘼𝙣 𝙀𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙣 𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜, I was excited to discover these. Can anyone tell me if they’re flowers or, perhaps, 4-leaf clovers? I’m guessing the former, as would be quite the collection of the latter! RPs appreciated! #18thC #botany #ArtHistory #WomensHistory

the day began with nuance

Edgar Allan Poe #spooktober

Sorrow is knowledge: they who know the most Must mourn the deepest o'er the fatal truth, The Tree of Knowledge is not that of Life. – Lord Byron #Gothic #Romantics #BookSky #books

Procrastination pro tip: consider faking your own death

It helps to always have a goal or something to anticipate, like death.

So Goth you go a roving and don't bring oars

But I was doomed to live – Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

'Near this Spot are deposited the Remains of one who possessed Beauty without Vanity, Strength without Insolence, Courage without Ferosity, and all the virtues of Man without his Vices.' The monument in Newstead Abbey to Lord Byron's beloved dog Boatswain, who died of rabies. #dogs

#fountain #oldtree #sepia #classicmono #31daysofhalloween #photography

“The quiet sense of something lost” ~ Tennyson

moon murmurings

Swans sing before they die — 'twere no bad thing Should certain persons die before they sing. – S.T. Coleridge

All things that we love and cherish, Like ourselves must fade and perish; Such is our rude mortal lot— Love itself would, did they not. – P.B. Shelley

Every poem should remind the reader that they are going to die. – Edgar Allan Poe

Percy Shelley: I propose we amuse ourselves with a ghost story competition! Mary Shelley: no. Percy: what?! But why? Mary: I refuse to do anything until Byron takes off that helmet Byron:

A sea change? That thing that killed Percy Shelley?

My mind has been the most discontented and restless one that ever was put into a body too small for it. – John Keats

I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone. – Lord Byron