Variation on a theme:

Nighthawks, by Edward Hopper (1942):

Boulevard of Broken Dreams, by Gottfried Helnwein (1984):

Project for a monument to W. C. Fields, by Max Ernst (1957):

Project for a monument to W. C. Fields, by Max Ernst (1957).

A vision of the future:

We hoard books.

One day, our home could look like this … and we’re happy about it.

Landscape - Moonlight, by Thomas Cole (circa 1833-34):

Be consistent:

St Mary Lake, Glacier National Park, Montana ...

... is the focus of this magnificent photograph, by Ken Thomas.

On a trivia note, this was also the setting for the opening scene of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980).

T. S. Eliot, on literature:

The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.

- T. S. Eliot.