Instead of defending romance books to those who’ve never read one, I’d like to say this instead: grow up. The categorical dismissal of the most-read genre in the world reveals ignorance, not intellectual superiority. This is a billion-dollar industry, and it’s not built on vapidity and cliché. It exists and thrives because romance authors offer readers an emotional experience that mirrors an elemental desire in life: to find a constant and loving companion; to become our best selves; to forgive our mistakes of the past and learn from them.
“Never Read a Romance? Grow Up”, Kristan Higgins
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I love Kristan Higgins’ books and recommend them very highly. My favourites are All I Ever Wanted (because adorable heroine Callie, who is dismissed as fluffy by people due to what she wants [love] and how she acts [extravagantly]) and The Perfect Match (basically, what if Tom Hardy had to green-card-marry-you so he could stay in the country near a child he loved and felt responsible for? Also, you have a cute dog.)
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Scientists bred extremely sexually attractive male mosquitoes whose offspring are unable to breed. So these mosquitoes will hopefully dominate the mosquito gene pool, and in a generation or two, billions of mosquito larvae will be reproductive dead-ends.
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Rob Lowe is so fucking underrated.
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My precious cyborg/mechanic/lunar princess
I actually like how this turned out.
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“ur cute”
“no ur cute”
*gets out knife* “NO UR CUTE”
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according to my activity you tagged me in this 100+ days ago but even if it had taken me a thousand days to see it it would have been worth the wait
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Read the books you love, tell people about authors you like, and don’t worry about it.
Neil Gaiman (via wordsnquotes)
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Wondergirl and Queen of the Underworld theunadventureous shewasalesbian
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