March 2012
77 posts
The Hunger Games: Dystopian Timeline From... →
“There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well....”
– Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (via selfinspiration)
Architecture for Readers →
Godwottery →
For the three of you out there who love words as much as I do.
“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the...”
– C.S. Lewis (via bookaddict24-7)
#books #reading
“We must not see any person as an abstraction. Instead, we must see in every...”
– Elie Wiesel (via selfinspiration)
“I like the stars. It’s the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they’re...”
– Neil Gaiman (via selfinspiration)
jmrichards asked: I saw you reblogged my photo (posted by prettybooks) of "North & South" with a caption about you reading it. And enjoying it! Have you finished? I only ask because I'm kind of in love with it, and always enjoy talking to others who appreciate it. :)
Cinderfellas: The Long-Lost Fairy Tales →
Posted by Maria Tatar
Bavarian fairy tales going viral? Last week, the Guardian reported that five hundred unknown fairy tales, languishing for over a century in the municipal archive of Regensburg, Germany, have come to light. The news sent a flutter through the world of fairy-tale enthusiasts, their interest further piqued by the detail that the tales—which had been compiled in the...
How Novel: How To Read A Book →
thefrenemy:
…The thing is, you cannot trick the ebook into being a book. You cannot substitute a soulmate for one night stands…
Amen.
#books
Your Brain on Fiction →
More reasons why reading is good for you.
selfinspiration:
keep your friends close and your laptop charger closer
Medieval Occupations →
mediumaevum:
For all your LARP, fanfic, writing, illustrating or just plain day-dreaming activities.
#history #medievalism
“There are certain people that come into your life, and leave a mark. Their place...”
– Sara Zarr (via selfinspiration)
“Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.”
– Samuel Beckett (via musingsinfemininity)
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
“Men at some time are masters of their fates:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in...”
– Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (via lewisaur)
#IdesofMarch
“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
– George Orwell (1984)
“Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.”
– Carlos Ruiz Zafón (The Shadow of the Wind)
#books
