Me: *has to be forcibly restrained when walking past a book shop*
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I am simply a ‘book drunkard.’ Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot withstand them.
L. M. Montgomery (via modernmissbennet)
I can’t believe that books can make me cry. You are made of glue and paper. How dare you have this power over me.
Knowing I lov’d my books, he furnish’d me
From mine own library with volumes that
I prize above my dukedom.
The Tempest, William Shakespeare (via macrolit)
Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack.
Virginia Woolf, Liberty
(via existential-celestial)
(via existential-celestial)
✨ 25 nostalgia asks
- family: if you could spend a day with anyone in the world, who would you choose?
- homesick: what is ‘home’?
- memory lane: best childhood memory?
- swingsets: indoors or outdoors?
- rope swing: would you consider yourself a risk-taker?
- rose-coloured goggles: what’s one risk you took that ended up being completely worth it?
- teddy bears: still sleep with stuffed animals?
- picnic: what’s your dream date?
- jam sandwiches: favourite finger food?
- fingerpainting: are you an artist?
- cookies: chocolate chip or blueberry?
- mother’s kiss: what’s your comfort item?
- grin: what was the last thing that made you smile - really smile?
- dancing: favourite song to goof around to?
- laughing: what’s your best joke?
- vhs: books or movies?
- mixtape: what’s the name of your favourite playlist?
- disney: favourite disney movie?
- tree climbing: do you call them bandaids or plasters? or something else?
- park benches: what’s your favourite hobby to do with a friend?
- juicebox: if handed a jukebox now, would you drink it?
- memory lane: what’s one thing you hope to accomplish that you can be proud of in the future?
- bubbles: do you enjoy water slides?
- atari: favourite video game?
- dandelion: which two colours do you like best together?
Books Read in November:
1. The Burial at Thebes (Seamus Heaney)
2. From a Low and Quiet Sea (Donal Ryan)
3. Calling a Wolf a Wolf (Kaveh Akbar)
4. Ling Di Long (Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch)
5. Homesick for Another World (O. Moshfegh)
6. Her Body and Other Parties (C. M. Machado)
7. Don’t Call Us Dead (Danez Smith)
8. Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
9. Night Sky with Exit Wounds (Ocean Vuong)
10. Sula (Toni Morrison)
11. The Forty Rules of Love (Elif Shafak)
Rules: 15 questions, 15 mutuals
Thank you, @scarvenartist !
1. Are you named after anyone?
I don’t believe so! Recently, my father mentioned that his favorite writer shares my first name, but I don’t know that she was even writing twenty-odd years ago.
2. When was the last time you cried?
Monday. Involved a dog + pent-up life stress. Better not to ask.
3. Do you have/want kids?
I’d definitely like some, hopefully in the not too-far-flung future.
4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?
I don’t actually speak English, I speak Sarcasm, without overtones of Teasing.
5. What’s the first thing you notice about people?
No idea. Whatever it is must be subconscious, but I do see people and kind of go “that one,” sometimes before we’ve even been introduced, and then trick them into staying in my life for years.
6. What’s your eye color?
Hazel.
7. Scary movie or happy ending?
Hate scary movies.
8. Any special talents?
I can make onion rings and fried ice cream?
9. Where were you born?
Boston, MA.
10. What are your hobbies?
Dancing in the car, singing too loudly, occasionally deciding to scrap my current life and become Julia Child for an evening.
11. Do you have any pets?
No. I’ve had fish off-and-on, but I get too upset when they die.
12. What sports do you play/have you played?
Uh…. dance, if you count that as a sport; gymnastics; karate; swimming; softball; walking is not a sport, but getting lost in the countryside is my current physical activity of choice.
13. How tall are you?
5’7ish.
14. Favorite subject in school?
English.
15. Dream job?
Author. I have some kids, sometimes teach, give occasional readings and/or lectures, maybe do some casual photography. I miraculously have enough money to own an apartment in a city and a cottage by the sea.
Tagging @isfjmel-phleg @pemberlaey @peanutdaze @thiswaitingheart though, obviously, no pressure!
