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January 25, 2017

A Look At Virginia Woolf’s Poignant Suicide Letter On Her Birthday

“Nothing thicker than a knifes blade separates happiness and melancholy.” – Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf, born Adeline Virginia Stephen on January 25th, 1882 was an English writer and leading modernist of the twentieth century. Known for her groundbreaking books, including Mrs. Dalloway, Orlando, To the Lighthouse, A Room of One’s Own and The Waves and her stylistic […]

January 9, 2017

The Signs As Anais Nin Quotes

Aries “I will not adjust myself to the world. I am adjusted to myself.” “Pain is something to master, not to wallow in.” “You have a right to experiment with your life. You will make mistakes. And they are right too. No, I think there was too rigid a pattern. You came out of an […]

January 6, 2017

Diane von Fürstenberg Has Your Dream Apartment And The Advice On How To Get It

Many know Diane von Fürstenberg as the iconic designer of the wrap dress. They associate her with models, socialites and royalty. What few people know is her life wasn’t always so glamorous. The daughter of a prisoner at Auschwitz concentration camp, Fürstenberg learned at an early age what it means to persevere. Born only 18 […]

September 28, 2016

Jane Birkin On How To Live Like A French Woman

Jane Birkin is an icon. Not because she is the muse (and name) of the most iconic handbag in the world, but because of her French style and way of life (even though she is English). This English star however, did not always feel like an icon. Birkin admits that growing up in school people used to […]

September 5, 2016

Diane von Furstenberg’s Keys To Success

Diane von Fürstenberg isn’t just a fashion mogul. The daughter of a prisoner at Auschwitz concentration camp, Fürstenberg learned at an early age what it means to persevere. Now worth over a billion dollars, she built her fashion empire from just a dream. She was determined to be something and she became it. For that, we […]