Fiction allows us to slide into these other heads, these other places, and look out through other eyes. And then in the tale we drop before we die, or we die vicariously and unharmed, and in the world beyond the tale we turn the page or close the book, and resume our lives.
Neil Gaiman, American Gods
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“A bookshop is a peaceful sanctuary of silent voices waiting to be heard.”
― Mala Naidoo.
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my local booksellers have SUCH a way with words
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As a person who is dying for book recommendations: What is a book you picked up randomly that you heard nothing about previously that blew you away?
I feel like we all have at least one hidden gem we stumbled upon.
Please reblog with your books in the tags :)
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sorry i overreacted i had no idea everything would be fine
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oh, you're not talking to me?
please don't threaten me with a good time.
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One of my friend's wife is throwing her a surprise graduation brunch this Saturday, which is cool I love that. Brunch is literally my favorite activity.
Why is it Taylor Swift themed???!!!! Everyone is suppose to dress up as a Taylor Swift era, whatever tf that means 🥴
I don't know shit about Taylor Swift I have no idea what I'm going to wear to this thing
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“I can’t change where I come from or what I’ve been through, so why should I be ashamed of what makes me, me?”
— Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give
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mood: no.
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Omg this is so cool
*signs up ASAP*
Me @ everyone rn:
Dracula daily starts in just a couple weeks!
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Me: Nature is beautiful.
Insects: thank y-
Me:
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When you don't get everything done that you planned to do, but you get some other things done so you try to use that to make it better.
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{Words by José Olivarez from Citizen Illegal /@fatimaamerbilal , from even flesh eaters don't want me.}
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Sara Teasdale, from The Collected Poems of Sara Teasdale; "Song,"
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“Sometimes your world shakes so hard, it’s difficult to imagine that everyone else isn’t feeling it too.”
— Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star
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