looking out from underneath, fractured moonlight on the sea

• boats floating dreamily by
• don't die so far from the sea
• flowers floating downstream
• hearing nothing but the rain fall
• light reflecting on the water
• mermaids and other sea creatures
• ophelia
• paddling with your feet in the water
• pirates and pirate ships
• songs
  • never let me go by florence + the machine
  • riverside by agnes obel
  • what the water gave me by florence + the machine
• the lady of shalott

• "all she wanted was for things to be nice and pretty, the way they were in the songs."
• "all that we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream"
• "and so, with laughter and love, we lived happily ever after"
• "beauty lay not in the thing, but in what the thing symbolized"
• "because the moon feels loved she lets our eyes follow her across the field, from her clothes, strewn silk glinting in furrows. feeling loved, the moon loves to be looked at, swimming all night across the river."
• "but a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more"
• "dancing on tiptoes, my own secret ceremonials"
• "dig up her bones but leave the soul alone"

dancing is like dreaming with your feet

• (red) pointe shoes
• tutus
• the beautiful music
• the dreamy atmosphere
• beautiful ballet photos and posters
• when your teacher gives you a compliment
• working hard and seeing improvement
• seeing yourself in the mirror of the ballet studio, dressed in ballet clothes
• nutcracker season
• dress rehearsals
• the dance of the sugar plum fairy
• being backstage
• being onstage
• collecting trinkets with ballerinas and pointe shoes
• programmes
• seeing ballets with my mother
• reading my mother's old ballet books

• abandoned playgrounds
• autumn leafs
• birds flying over
• clouds slowly passing by
• dancing on freshly cut grass with bare feet
• dust swimming in the afternoon sun
• falling leafs
• forget-me-not flowers
• how everything is different when it's dark
• rain hitting the waters surface
• rivers
• roses and lilies and other beautiful flowers
• seeing the moon through the clouds
• snowy landscapes
• summer breezes against your skin and playing with your hair
• swan couples (with babies)
• the dawn an it's promise of a new, better...

• Venice
• London
• Vienna
• Ireland
• Rome
• Oxford
• The rest of England
• and Scotland and Wales
• Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany
• New York
• Paris
• Versailles
• Greece
• Russia
• Egypt

• am eighteen years old (but I feel much older and at the same time much younger)
• am born under the Zodiac sign Scorpio
• am a very clear INFP
• live in the Netherlands
• dream of London and Ireland
• also dream of fairytale worlds
• have mouse-blonde hair and blue/green eyes
• am almost flat chested
• have a very pale skin
• like to dress up for no particular reason at all
• am in love with several past decades
• love whimsical things, cute things, fairy tales, dreamy and nostalgic things and all sorts of magical things
• am very, very sensitive
• love all kinds of antique trinkets, mostly keys, pictures, music boxes and maps
• am an avid lover of vintage and antique j...

• all sorts of jewelry
• angels
• astronomy
• ballet
• being underwater
• birds & birdcages
• british, scottish, irish and welsh accents
• cameos
• candles
• children's literature
• compasses
• crowns, tiaras & diadems
• daydreaming
• dreamy & nostalgic things
• elegance
• embroidery
• etiquette
• fairies
• fairytale dresses
• fairytales

• the moon
• the fleur-de-lis (french lily)
• the sea & mermaids
• forget-me-not-flowers
• angel wings
• crowns/tiaras/diadems
• keys

• "and that is how change happens. one gesture. one person. one moment at a time"
• "do you think they missed him terribly when he fell? did God cry over his lost angel, i wonder?"
• "how terrible it is to have no cares, no longings. i do not fit. i feel too deeply and want too much. as cages go, it is a gilded one, but i shall not live well in it or in any cage for that matter"
• "i do not want to pass the time. i want to grab hold of it and leave my mark upon the world"
• "i had thought Felicity dangerous a moment ago, when she felt powerful. i was wrong. wounded and powerless, she is more dangerous than i could imagine"
• "i want to ask him if it's possible that a girl can be born unlovable, or does she just become that way?"
• "i wonder how many times each day she die...

• The Realms
• Talia
  • Bellezza
  • Remora
  • Giglia
  • Padavia
  • Classe
  • Fortezza
• Hogwarts
• Kyrria
• Ayortha
• Moonacre
• The Shire
• Narnia
• Neverland
• The Burrow
• Oz
• Camp Half-Blood
• Wonderland

• antique locket, preferably with engraving and pictures
• antique skeleton keys
• Claddagh ring
• instax camera
• jewelry box
• leather old-school satchel
• locket engraved with my name or initinials
• lots of antique books
• real antique cameo
• some antique photographs
• Venetian mask
• (vintage) music box

• ainsi sera, groigne qui groigne
• believing is just the beginning
• defy gravity
• i am a princess. long may i reign
• i must become a lion-hearted girl, ready for a fight
• ich gehör nur mir
• it's always darkest before the dawn
• just keep following the heartlines on your hand
• lift up your head princess, if not the crown falls
• peu de nous ont la force de changer l'histoire
• so hold on, never let go of your dreams. you'll see the magic. believing is where it begins.
• the women are the strong ones, truly
• well-behaved women rarely make history