"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
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You know how I feel about people. There are people you care for, even if you don’t know them. People that inspire you, keep you company and help you a little bit getting through what you have to get through, with the beauty they have within themselves. Their art sheds light on us, every day, and when you know they are suffering it isn’t any different from knowing that someone close to you is suffering in a similar way. He was one of those people.
Saints and Soldiers: the Embrace of Saints Sergius and Bacchus One of the oldest surviving icons from the early Byzantine world, this image depicts two Roman soldiers and Christian martyrs standing side by side—clad in military garb, halos touching through the depiction of Christ. Sergius
Brothers in Arms, Lovers in Death: the Sacred Band of Thebes In the 4th century BCE, the Greek city-state of Thebes forged one of the most extraordinary fighting forces in history: the Sacred Band, an elite military unit composed of 150 pairs of male lovers.
Nothing happens in this book, and yet everything happens. Just like life. An ordinary story of an ordinary woman: her husband left for no apparent reason, he seems to think he has a right to her life even if he provides no support for their
Saints and Soldiers: the Embrace of Saints Sergius and Bacchus One of the oldest surviving icons from the early Byzantine world, this image depicts two Roman soldiers and Christian martyrs standing side by side—clad in military garb, halos touching through the depiction of Christ. Sergius
Brothers in Arms, Lovers in Death: the Sacred Band of Thebes In the 4th century BCE, the Greek city-state of Thebes forged one of the most extraordinary fighting forces in history: the Sacred Band, an elite military unit composed of 150 pairs of male lovers.
Nothing happens in this book, and yet everything happens. Just like life. An ordinary story of an ordinary woman: her husband left for no apparent reason, he seems to think he has a right to her life even if he provides no support for their
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