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"The more hopeless you were, the further away they hid you."

- Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

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noseasboba:
I never get tired of this photo.
Ella Fitzgerald was not allowed to play at Mocambo because of her race. Then, one of Ella’s biggest fans made a telephone call that quite possibly changed the path of her career for good. Here, Ella tells the story of how Marilyn Monroe changed her life:
“I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt… she personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do it, she would take a front table every night. She told him – and it was true, due to Marilyn’s superstar status – that the press would go wild. The owner said yes, and Marilyn was there, front table, every night. The press went overboard. After that, I never had to play a small jazz club again. She was an unusual woman – a little ahead of her times. And she didn’t know it.”

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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.

(Source: neutroncream, via castawaystar)

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acomas:

♡ soft color blog that always follows back similar ♡

"If detective stories are ‘escape literature’ (and why shouldn’t they be!) the reader can escape to sunny skies and blue water as well as to crime in the confines of an armchair."

- Agatha Christie, Foreword, Death on the Nile (1953)

(Source: prettybooks)

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