alis volat propriis

My name is Gabrielle.
I am so much bigger than the life I lead.

But he hated to be sober. It made him conscious of the people around him, of that air of struggle, of greedy ambition, of hope more sordid than despair, of incessant passage up or down…. There was kindliness about intoxication – there was the indescribable gloss and glamour it gave, like the memories of ephemeral and faded evenings.

—F. Scott Fitzgerald   (via thenocturnals)

(via maybeyourealotlikeme)

funkysafari:

A rodent-eating snake and a hamster have developed an unusual bond at a zoo in Tokyo, Japan. Their relationship began when zookeepers presented the hamster to the snake as a meal.

However, the rat snake (named Aochan) refused to eat the rodent. The two now share a cage, and the hamster sometimes falls asleep sitting on top of his natural foe. Zookeepers have since named the hamster ‘Gohan’ – the Japanese word for meal.

(via gabydied)

Pumpkin turtle pie! #vegan #sweetcakes (Taken with instagram)

Pumpkin turtle pie! #vegan #sweetcakes (Taken with instagram)