Phoebe . From Houston, Texas . Currently in London studying for a masters in European art history.
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“Be thine own palace, or the world’s thy jail. ” - John Donne Place: Palace of Versailles
August 25th 2012 at 12:04AM | 88 notes
“The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the real. ” - Victor Hugo place: Château De Fontainebleau
August 18th 2012 at 06:57AM | 128 notes
“I am the empire at the end of the decadence. ” - Paul Verlaine
August 18th 2012 at 06:38AM | 221 notes
“Respirer Paris, cela conserve l’a”  me.” - Victor Marie Hugo
August 15th 2012 at 05:46PM | 70 notes
“Decadence is wonderful. “ - Jack L. Chalker
August 7th 2012 at 11:21PM | 45 notes
“All real education is the architecture of the soul.” - William Bennett
August 7th 2012 at 11:12PM | 213 notes
“Paris…is a world meant for the walker alone, for only the pace of strolling can take in all the rich (if muted) detail…” - Edmund White in The Flaneur The Pantheon, Paris, by Adrian Campbell-Howard
July 24th 2012 at 02:19PM | 3,282 notes
Istiklal Avenue, Istanbul, Turkey
July 22nd 2012 at 01:27PM | 287 notes
“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once. “ - Albert Einstein
July 20th 2012 at 01:01AM | 38 notes
“Art Deco in France found its American equivalent in the design of the New York skyscrapers of the 1920s. The Chrysler Building … was one of the most accomplished essays in the style.” – John Julius Norwich, in The World Atlas of Architecture
June 26th 2012 at 04:35PM | 334 notes
“I think a place can be as much a character in a novel as the people.” - Fannie Flagg One of the most beautiful coffee shops in the world: Callas Cafe, Budapest.
June 22nd 2012 at 09:50PM | 452 notes
“I know that atmosphere of the Parisian apartment building, with the twin menaces of the concierge on the ground floor and the landlord upstairs.” - Roman Polanski
June 18th 2012 at 09:23PM | 51,398 notes
Omnium Mater et Caput Rome. Facade of San Giovanni in Laterano by Alessandro Galilei, 1734-36.
June 17th 2012 at 04:33PM | 40 notes
“The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness. “ - Milan Kundera Building: The Alhambra, Granada, Spain
June 16th 2012 at 03:23PM | 176 notes
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