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You’ve gone away again…

Summer’s peaked and leaving, and with it, the warm air that envelopes like a hug from home. The air is cooler, the lights are lingering on the hills, and the nights are stretching into respite; all into a space in-between.

My favorite season 🤍 by @ofcryptsandclassics

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2 months ago

See you in September 💋

Some of the books I’ll be finishing in August while my soul recharges 🤍

I don’t like when life becomes too quick to consume. I’ll catch you on the slower side upon my return 🫶🏼 by @ofcryptsandclassics

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2 months ago

Oh hi friends 🐋🌊

Currently devouring The Ever King…took a solo trip to the beach…had a yummy sandwich…watched pelicans feast on the waters…💙

Happy July xx

#coastalbookishvibes #theeverking #coastalliterature by @ofcryptsandclassics

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3 months ago

Giggling at the semiotics of human creation.

#historicalarchitecture #architecturaldesign #bookstagrammar #arthistorymajor Babel by R.F. Kuang sits atop a European architectural book by @ofcryptsandclassics

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5 months ago

Want to enjoy a slow morning with me? 🌊

Catch me up on what you’re reading 📖
I’ve seen some recommendations floating around on new and uprising series; what are your thoughts?

It feels strange, observing people. Know they have full lives of emotion, decision, regret, love, pain that is universal but uniquely theirs in their suffering. Choosing to love despite anything is perhaps my greatest tether to humanity. It’s so irrational and yet, can be captured in the soft chords from Debussy serenading the moon.

#classicalcomposition #debussyclairdelune #coastalbookstore #oceanbooks #bookstagrammer by @ofcryptsandclassics

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5 months ago

Come find me in the elegant intoxication of the night. Between the intimacy of Baroque details, soft candlelight, deep perfume notes of petrichor and amber, and philosophical conversation.

#russianliterature #baroquearthistory #tchaikovskyballet #russianballet #arthistory by @ofcryptsandclassics

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5 months ago

In pursuit of quieting the mind, I’ve turned to Tennyson’s thoughts and practicing chess openings.
I’ve been enjoying the late evenings at the symphony, celebrating family birthdays, and feeling inspired once again.

I’ve loved catching up with some of you 🤍 I appreciate your friendships xx

#alfredlordtennyson #chessopeningtheory #bookstagrammar #bookhobbies A chess board in play in the top right corner, and open page to the tale of Guinevere by Alfred Lord Tennyson in the top left, an open art book on pre-Raphaelites era on the bottom. by @ofcryptsandclassics

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5 months ago

This, or nothing…

There is such beauty when our souls meet the precipice of another. When understanding meets vulnerability without having to explain away our past. When recognition pulls on the familiar strings of the word love that is so beautifully and carelessly given away.

The monsters in literature have always represented the human condition, for me. The ugliness in depth that many shy away from because being that vulnerable means to be seen, and to be seen is to be judged. But the monsters, they accept the world for as it is and move with merciless grace, unforgiving of the way they present themselves; as true emotions.

There is beauty in tragedy because life in itself is a tragedy. A messy, confusing, wondrous, frustrating, pleasurable, comical, admirable, devastating tragedy.

This, or nothing at all…

#gothicliteraryfiction #wutheringheights #literatureart #midnightthoughts #museumoffinearts Photo of stacked books including from top to bottom, the phantom is the opera by Gaston Leroux Barnes and nobles classics edition 2007. Wuthering heights by Emily Brontë signature clothbound editions 2024 edition. Nocturne by K.G. Bolingbrook first printing 2025 edition. Northenger abbey by Jane Austen Barnes and nobles classics edition 2005. Brass gothic candelabra to the left, windows open to greenery. by @ofcryptsandclassics

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5 months ago

Life lately 🤍

It seems that working on your novel is the thing to do these days. I decided long ago that these words will only belong to me and now I’m 26 chapters deep into the psychology of obsession and worship.

Chess with my favorite little one ♟️

Flowers from my garden 🌸

Symphony date with mum and dad; Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana 1935-36

Observing the city while she slept and I felt like the only soul dreaming

The one place my soul can rest; the ocean 🌊

#symphonyorchestra #novelwriting #chess #gardenflower #bookstagram An Apple iPad open to Google Docs with writing blurred. A wine crystal glass filled three quarters of the way to the top with Pinot noir. An open journal to the left displaying blurred curly writing. Large books stacked upon each other in the background and next to them, a brass candelabra illuminated by the highlights of the outdoor light. by @ofcryptsandclassics

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5 months ago

Reading again with thoughts from James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room, “you will go home and then you will find that home is not home anymore. Then you will really be in trouble. As long as you stay here, you can always think: One day I will go home.”

I’m constantly plagued with melancholic nostalgia in remembering the magic of childhood and how burdened adult life can be.

#russianliterature #neilgaiman #nostalgicbooks #bookstagrammer #fictionwriter by @ofcryptsandclassics

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6 months ago

Saturday January 10th • Today, Observed

Started the morning at a cafe and opened Moby Dick for the first time. It’s a restless meditation of unease.

Something in me tends toward the abyss and books are where I go to negotiate with it.

With the abyss already in Ishmael, I have a tender fondness towards his character.

The day carried on to a film museum, smiling at a tree, antique browsing, and dressing shopping for my sister 🤍

#bookishlife #americannovel #mobydick #bookcafe #booktokgirlies by @ofcryptsandclassics

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9 months ago

I wanted to write something profound today. Something to signify entering 2026. But my mind is silent and body is relaxed as I cozy up with a book, and the rain gently taps on the windows outside.

I’m grateful for the friends I’ve made on here and the delicate patience in creating. I’m very much a private person only evoking creativity when a mood strikes. I hope to share more this year in romanticizing my quiet little life 🤍🩰

#bookstagrammer #cozyreading #romanceliterature by @ofcryptsandclassics

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9 months ago