September 2011
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“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
– Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can’t Avoid (via bookporn)
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“The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares...”
– Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923)
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Banned Books
booksandghosts:
I was looking at a list of banned books and felt bad when I agreed with one.
Unlucky, Twilight.
I laughed. Pretty hard. I’ve read them, just to see what the hype was about. That is one of the few books that will never make it onto my Tumblr or bookshelf. And that’s saying something because I’ll read everything.
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“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...”
– Oscar Wilde (via thebookishdark)
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“God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as...”
– Dame Rebecca West (via libraryland)
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Hey. Do you like LITERATURE? Click this link. Read... →
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“The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new...”
– George Gissing (via libraryland)
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“madaquarius: Reading quiets the world down. When I read, I cannot hear the...”
– fuckyeahreading!:
“If you’ve only ever read one book, don’t open your fucking mouth.”
– (submitted by deanoxe)
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“I was born with a reading list I will never finish.”
– Maud Casey (via a-bibliophiles-blog)
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“Books are delightful society. If you go into a room and find it full of books -...”
– William Ewart Gladstone (via scrapboop)
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“There is no remedy so easy as books, which if they do not give cheerfulness, at...”
– Mary Wortley Montagu (via bookshavepores)
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“When I only begin to read, I forget I’m on this world. It lifts me on wings with...”
– Anzia Yezierska (via eloquentandhonest)
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booksandghosts started following you
Oh hey, my first new follower since my hiatus! And they’re a book lover. <3
You types are my favorite, obviously.
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“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed...”
– Francis Bacon (via jeaaaaaaaar)
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r-prinz asked: You should post a picture of your self! Your icon doesn't do you justice so far. :3
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“God be thanked for books! They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and...”
– William Ellery Channing (via bookshavepores)
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