along the grand canal in venice
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along the grand canal in venice
Lauren Bacall saying her signature line in 1944 and 1954
I held on to this moment from my childhood, long into adulthood. This scene is one of the rare moments in Disney film history when the lovers do not live happily ever after, and the poignancy of this scene always moves a chord within me. Every time I watch this scene, I remember the bittersweet sensation that filled me when watching this film as a girl, and realize how often saying goodbye has been the reality superseding the dream of ever after.
you guys….the LOTR behind-the-scenes, though.
like….it fills me with uncontrollable amounts of feels….
Rest in peace, Rosemarie Magdalena Albach-RettySeptember 23rd, 1938 - May 29th, 1982
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Some powerful photo illustrations come with Foreign Policy’s stunning cover feature on the real war unfolding on women in the middle east, written by the awesome and oh-so-brave Egyptian revolutionary Mona Eltahawy. Read it.
Was he good-looking? I think so, because charm is the best-looking thing in the world, isn’t it? -Audrey Hepburn
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Evon Loga Gabrieul holds a portrait of her deceased son Ayman Nabil Labib, who was beaten to death by classmates on Oct. 16, at her family home in Mellawi, Egypt.
“It was because he was wearing the cross and refused to take it off, they killed him,” said the mother, Evon. “They dragged him down from his neck and beat him until he died.”
Everyone always seems to forget about the ongoing persecution of Christians in the Middle East.
He adores her. He’ll pull her down on his lap. They’re openly affectionate with each other and they’re both so loving and warm. — Kyra Sedgwick
There are no words to describe it
Every year in the United States, over a million abortions are performed – including tens of thousands of late-term abortions (after the 12th week). Many of these late abortions are carried out by means of amniotic infusion (the injection of a foreign substance into the amniotic sac) of saline, prostaglandin, urea, or another agent designed to kill the unborn baby.
“Saline abortions have to be done in the hospital because of complications that can arise,” says OB/GYN staffer Debra Henry. “Not that they can’t arise during other times, but more so now. The saline, a salt solution, is injected into the woman’s sac and the baby swallows it. The baby starts dying a slow, violent death. The mother feels everything, and many times it is at this point when she realizes that she really has a live baby inside of her, because the baby starts fighting violently for his or her life. He’s just fighting inside because he’s burning.
“One night a lady delivered and I was called to come and see her because she was uncontrollable,” says David Brewer, M.D., of Glen Ellyn, Ill. As a military physician in Ft. Rucher, Ala., Brewer performed abortions for 10 years. “I went in the room, and she was going to pieces; she was having a nervous breakdown, screaming and thrashing. The nurses were upset because they couldn’t get any work done, and all the other patients were upset because this lady was screaming. I walked in, and here was her little saline abortion baby kicking. It had been born alive, and was kicking and moving for a little while before it finally died of those terrible burns, because the salt solution gets into the lungs and burns the lungs, too.”
Read more: Blood confessions: From abortionist to champion of life http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42462#ixzz1aaQHHmhwProbably the most difficult reblog ever. if this reblog prevents even one of these abortions it is worth horror my mind endured just looking at this. Dear Lord, open people’s eyes to end this horror.
I still can’t believe this goes on in our world.
Didn’t want to have to reblog this horrifying image.. but I’m trying to get a point across.
^ A Very painful image. Apologies you guys, but I couldn’t ignore it. What a heartbreaking story.
I have moments where I feel quite isolated by the uniqueness of my life experience. I’ll never be able to explain to anyone that I meet new, what my life has been like or what it’s been all like, really. You kind of have to be in it, so they are the only two other people in the world who I don’t have to explain myself and they’d just — they’d just know. They’ve done everything with me and that bond that we have — I think that even more than we think it is to us now, I feel like when this is over, our friendship will have a new importance for the three of us because I think that when it’s over, we’ll need each other more than we do even now.