Italy.

NEW: Lana Del Rey for L’Officiel USA, 2018

_{You’re a Targaryen, you’re the mother of dragons. I need to be more than that.}

I know there are people who say all these things don’t happen and there are people who forget what it is like to be 16 when they turn 17 and I know these will all be stories someday and our pictures will become old photographs and we will all become somebodies mom or dad. But right now, these moments are not stories. This is happening. I am here. And I am looking at her and she is so beautiful. I can see it. This one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are alive. When you stand up and see the lights on the buildings and everything that makes you wonder and you’re listening to that song on that drive with the people you love most in this world. And in this moment I swear we are infinite.

Now, let’s go over our schedule once again, shall we? Petunia, when the Masons arrive you will be…? In the lounge, waiting to welcome them graciously to our home. Good. And, Dudley you will be…? I’ll be waiting to open the door. Excellent. And you?

I did know Rue. She wasn’t just my ally, she was my friend. I see her… in the flowers that grow in the meadow by my house.

“You see, technically, chemistry is the study of matter, but I prefer to see it as the study of change: Electrons change their energy levels. Molecules change their bonds. Elements combine and change into compounds. But that’s all of life, right? It’s the constant, it’s the cycle. It’s solution, dissolution. Just over and over and over. It is growth, then decay, then transformation. It is fascinating, really.” [insp] 

I have this real warmth for all of us but especially for her.