Late night library sessions, Bryn Mawr College, 1959.

I'm a firm believer that Buying books and Reading books are two different hobbies. Found some neglected lovelies on the shelf. I think it's time I crack open a few. 📖 💝

March is Reading Month! What book are you currently reading? 

my friend asked me if listening to an audiobook as opposed to reading it is "cheating" and yes

Those are Crowley's eyes!

Someone at Amazon's marketing dept is just as feral as us!

i’m reading the sympathizer by viet thanh nguyen which is a spy novel featuring a main character aligned with the north vietnamese, and it’s actually so jarring for me as someone whose family lived in and fled south vietnam post-war (my uncles were among the “vietnamese boat people” and they helped the rest of their family emigrate more safely including my parents). i just read the phrase “stay to witness the liberation of the south by the northern communists” and had to do a few seconds of mental gymnastics to process it bc it’s so opposite of the perspective i grew up with

Sunday Reading

By: jayadophotography

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I’m deep in the stacks of the London Library, trying not to get dizzy as I look down into a multistory drop from the iron-grille floor, when an older man approaches me, looking lost. He’s trying to find the music section, located… somewhere in the darkened rows of books. As a visitor to the historic members-only institution, it takes me a beat to realize that not only do I have zero clue where the section might be, it seems unlikely that I’ll be able to navigate my way out of the building’s origami-like interior without help. (Spoiler: I don’t.) But therein lies the beauty of the London Library. From an idiosyncratic filing system, to a building that encourages exploration, it’s an institution where serendipity and tactile history meet. Which is why it’s the latest selection for Beast Travel’s once a month series on the World’s Most Beautiful Libraries.

(via The Obscure London Library Where Famous Writers Go for Books)

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is to endeavor to carry out those schemes which he entertained when he was poor.

from Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau 

this book changed my perspective of my life

"college is the best years of your life" "college is for meeting new people and expanding your mind" wrong. college is for repeatedly learning that your foremost grievances with the world are ronald reagan's fault

i was made aware a warcraft version of this meme didn't exist

“That night. If I’d kissed you right here, just like this,” another gentle brush of lips against his, a thumb sweeping up his cheekbone and back down the line of his jaw, “would it have changed anything?”

What if i died rn. What if i was suicidal. Why must you hurt me like this.