"This Is A Valley Of Ashes--a Fantastic Farm Where Ashes Grow Like Wheat Into Ridges And Hills And Grotesque

"This is a valley of ashes--a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens, where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. Occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghostly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

"It is hard for me to be alone with my thoughts. They are not properly thoughts; they are memories which in my weakness haunt me and strangely move me."

Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front

hi! would you mind if i get your "mountain spirits see and love you" tattooed? if not, would you want to see it when it's done and could you post the plain lines? thank love ya 💖

I wouldn’t mind at all! I’d love to see the end result if you end up getting it done! Love u too my dude. (There was another anon who asked about getting this one tattooed as well–these lines are for both of you. As well as anyone else who wants them, haha)

❈ Grim Aesthetics ❈

"Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, ... just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby