fairytalesarenotforkids:

from The Seven Ravens, Grimm’s Fairy Tales
Illustration by Arthur Rackham.

You have already gone into that tent. You have already made off with her. You have already lost her. You could tell your tale differently this time, I suppose. But you won’t. Your name will always be Ivan Nikolayevich. You will always go into that tent. You will see her scar, below her eye, and wonder where she got it. You will always be amazed at how one woman can have so much black hair. You will always fall in love, and it will always be like having your throat cut, just that fast. You will always run away with her. You will always lose her. You will always be a fool. You will always be dead, in a city of ice, snow falling into your ear. You have already done all of this and will do it again.
Deathless, Catherynn M. Valente (via srahberry)

the-green-hand:

“Protection II” by: Lucy Campbell





I am Marya Morevna, daughter of twelve mothers, and I will not be denied.
Catherynn M. Valente | Deathless (via emperatrices)

brocreate:

Perhaps all a Tsaritsa is is a beautiful cold girl in the snow, looking down at someone wretched, and not yielding.