“I always tell the girls, never take it seriously, if you never take it seriously, you never get hurt, you always have fun, and if you ever get lonely, just go to the record store and visit your friends.“✨

“I didn’t care about truth; I cared about beauty. It took me many years – it took the experience of lived time – to realize that they really are the same thing.”

— Elif Batuman, The Possessed

This is probably the greatest kids’ fairy tale book.

“Forget him. —That’s what I prayed every night, even now. Oh, God, let me forget. Let me forget. It’s easier that way. It’s easier to forget and stop the aching. —But God, the cosmic joker, had said No. Never forget. Know everything about him, down to the bottom of his soul.”

Kate Quinn, Mistress of Rome

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So, my fiancé recently convinced me to use an ereader, I’ve always been wary of them, because I just like having the book - but in the last three months, I’ve learned that holding a book while holding and/or feeding a new baby is just not feasible! That being said, as much as I love my thrillers and mysteries, I just can’t get enough of Sophie Kinsella! (I’m eagerly awaiting a Becky Bloomwood Shopaholic update)

There’s only one or two… or thirty…

Who can relate? 🙋‍♀️

“Do not try to be pretty. You weren’t meant to be pretty; you were meant to burn down the earth and graffiti the sky. Don’t let anyone ever simplify you to just “pretty.””

— Things I Wish My Mother Had Taught Me | d.a.s