June 2012
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and scholars, madam … are the most selfish beings in creation and think that...
– Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (via olena)
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Testa di Cazzi, aka Dick Head
wtfarthistory:
Today’s entry is pretty straightforward: a ceramic plate showing a head made from phalluses.
Francesco Urbini, Testa di cazzi (from Casteldurante), 1536, maiolica plate. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
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Everything I’ve ever let go of had claw marks on it.
– David Foster Wallace
Je suis perdu: Albert Camus' 1957 Nobel Prize in... →
gaws:
In receiving the distinction with which your free Academy has so generously honoured me, my gratitude has been profound, particularly when I consider the extent to which this recompense has surpassed my personal merits. Every man, and for stronger reasons, every artist, wants to be…