Shields of Paper: Archive

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Mar 31st

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“Your library is your portrait.”

– Holbrook Jackson (via bookshavepores)

Mar 31st

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I never never do this, but I can't sleep. Is...

Mar 31st

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Mar 31st

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Mar 30th

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Mar 30th

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Mar 30th

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Mar 30th

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Mar 30th

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Mar 30th

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Anonymous asked: In what country (or state, if USA) do you reside?

Mar 29th

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“Books can be possessive, can’t they? You’re walking around in a bookstore and a...”

– Sarah Addison Allen, “The Sugar Queen,” p. 180 (via melancholytimelord)

Mar 26th

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“For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in...”

– John Milton, Areopagitica (via libraryland)

Mar 26th

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Mar 23rd

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Mar 23rd

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Dear Millionaires, if you don’t have a bookshelf...

Mar 21st

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I can't sleep, so I'm writing again.

This time I’m writing a set of seven short-ish poems. The theme I’m sticking to is death and funerals. More precisely, what seven people want their funerals to be. The title for the set is When I Am Gone. Of course that’s all y’all are going to see of them, haha.

Mar 21st

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Mar 19th

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Mar 18th

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Mar 16th

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Bookworms aren't people who love to read. They are...

Mar 14th

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Mar 12th

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Mar 12th

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Mar 12th

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Mar 11th

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Mar 11th

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“Picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you’d most like...”

– Neil Gaiman (via thebooknookers)

Mar 9th

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Mar 9th

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Mar 8th

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birdartpoetry asked: As requested by too many...

neil-gaiman: neil-gaiman: birdartpoetry asked: Mister Gaiman, you’re kickass. I was just wondering, what do you think is the best way to seduce a writer? I figured your answer would be pretty spectacular. In my experience, writers tend to be really good at the inside of their own heads and imaginary people, and a lot less good at the stuff going on outside, which means that quite often if...

Mar 8th

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ithinkimhooked replied to your post: I had a spot of worry, but things are looking up! omg I thought two jobs was hard! best of luck to you! Oh no! I didn’t mean it like I would work three jobs! Unless Starbucks and the hotel both only decided to work me like 15 hours a week, I’ll prolly quit whichever job I’m making less at and just work two. Three jobs? Oh god I would die,...

Mar 8th

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I had a spot of worry, but things are looking up!

Started today as a restaurant host. Still got a few days of training, and I need to experience the weekend shifts, but I have a solid job! I have an interview at Starbucks tomorrow afternoon, and from the phone call it sounded like the manager was really interested in talking to me. And to top it all of, I’m getting a straight up letter of recommendation for front desk position at a new...

Mar 7th

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