December 2011
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I'm moving out in one week.
ONE MORE WEEK.
I’ll be on my own, sharing an apartment with a friend. I’ll have my own bedroom, my own bed, my own bathroom, my own car, my own computer, my own bookshelves, and all my friggin books! Already started calling ahead asking about jobs and putting in what applications I can online. The local college is 5 minutes from my apartment and I can afford it, so hopefully I can...
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Books are both our luxuries and our daily bread.
– Henry Stevens, as cited in The Literary World (via bookoasis)
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I read because my soul demands it.
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A book, too, can be a star, ‘explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh...
– Madeleine L’Engle (via -daydream-believer-)
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Fucking David Levithan.
facethedawn:
Giving me more unrealistic expectations for romance than I already have as a product of years of romantic-comedy-watching.
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Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly,...
– Joyce Carol Oates (via bookmania)
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hellogreyclouds:
INFP - “Questor”. High capacity for caring. Emotional face to the world. High sense of honor derived from internal values. 4.4% of total population.
This is me! Though I’ve always learned it with the title “Dreamer”.
Books fall open, you fall in. When you climb out again, you’re a bit larger than...
– Gregory Maguire (via wunderfall)
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Buying books is immensely comforting. Maybe I won’t read them immediately, but...
– vagabond (via loveyourchaos)
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So I'm finally moving!
Less than 40 days until I move to a small town 5 hours away called Monroe. I’m moving in with a good friend and the apartment is nice. I’ll actually have my own room and my own bathroom even. I may even have a job or two lined up (kinda). I have money saved and a car that works. I’m so excited!!
…Haven’t told my parents yet though. Whoops! I never see my dad during...
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We shouldn’t teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.
– B. F. Skinner (via absynthe-words)
To be honest, I couldn’t tell you how many books...
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