violentwavesofemotion: “ Ingeborg Bachmann, from In the Storm of Roses: Selected Poems; “Psalm,” wr. c. 1953 ”
barcarole: “Stefan Zweig at his home in Salzburg. ”
oh-sewing-circle: “““They met in 1931 and Mercedes de Acosta was soon obsessed by Garbo. An obsession that continued until the end of the 1960’s, when de Acosta published her memories and wrote many pages about Garbo. The two were introduced by...

violentwavesofemotion:

“If you would stop finding everything out, I would like it more. I close up like a clam to all people who always find everything out. Take what is offered for the moment and that is yours.”

— Greta Garbo, from a letter to Mercedes de Acosta written c. 1958

mizenscen-blog: “A poem written by Isadora Duncan to Mercedes de Acosta, 1927. ”