wych elm

“Everything dies, Mr. Ovid. Except God and the angels and the idea of freedom in the hearts of the pure.”

kanzashi

samisen

“The world’s an ugly place, loves. Unfortunately, I weren’t consulted when it were being made.

Without Beecher, true, there’d be no circus; but without Felix, there’d be no show.

furisode

There was about him a concentrated focus, almost like a perfume.

fingersmiths