Autumn (1900) By John William Godward

“Just as the bones, flesh, intestines and blood vessels are enclosed in a skin that makes the sight of man endurable, so the agitations and passions of the soul are enveloped in vanity: it is the skin of the soul.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human, 82

Killing time.

“The first, fundamental condition for the introduction of community of property is the political liberation of the proletariat through a democratic constitution.”

— Friedrich Engels, Draft of a Communist Confession of Faith

Natalie Dormer as Anne Boleyn in The Tudors (2007–2010)

"Unity is, of course, a worthwhile goal, but a unity that silences the call of marginized people for justice is not true unity."

The Disabled God: Toward a Liberatory Theology of Disability, Nancy L. Eiesland

I was going to just use one, but he's too beautiful to pick.

Anyway if nothing else matters then I hope people remember that Pope Francis used his last public address to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and call Israel a terrorist state:

"I continue to receive very serious and painful news from Gaza. Unarmed civilians are subjected to bombings and shootings. It is terrorism."