March 2012
88 posts
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“It is so hard to leave—until you leave. And then it is the easiest...”
– Paper Towns by John Green
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“And on the last day, the bad days become so difficult to recall, because one way...”
– Paper Towns by John Green
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“The fundamental mistake I had always made—and that she had, in all...”
– Paper Towns by John Green
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“I think maybe the reason I have spent most of my life being afraid is that I...”
– Quentin (Paper Towns by John Green)
February 2012
62 posts
“You have every right to put a book down after a couple of pages, which is why...”
– Tim Parks, Mindful Reading (via distantheartbeats)
“I do things like get in a taxi and say, “The library, and step on it.”
– David Foster Wallace (via twotonmantaray)
“You have witchcraft in your lips.”
– William Shakespeare, Henry V (via moonsiren)
life
modern-blog:
and it’s just so sad because Boo Radley is actually such a good person and no one understands and then the book is over and he’s just such a good fucking person
“I go to seek a Great Perhaps.”
– Francois Rabelais, via John Green, Looking for Alaska (via thehamsa)
Started Paper Towns today!!!!
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I am two books behind on my goal. Shit.
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower-Stephen Chbosky
“And in that moment I swear we were infinite.”
I’ve always been fascinated by books that don’t lie parallel to the common format of story telling, if there is a definitive one anyway. So I loved the fact that this novel was written in the form of letters, and I especially love that they are sent to someone (us) that is never identified in complete detail.
I mean,...
When I was little, I used to bring a book with me...
thefortypercentsolution:
Just in case they were boring
I STILL do this, actually
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“So, tomorrow, I’m leaving. And I’m not going to let that happen...”
– Sam (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)
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“She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just...”
– Perks of Being a Wallflower
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“Because things change. And friends leave. And life doesn’t stop for...”
– Charlie (Perks of Being a Wallflower)
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“This is a worse that feels too big.”
– Charlie (Perks of Being a Wallflower)
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“And I thought that all those little kids are going to grow up someday. And all...”
– Charlie (Perks of Being a Wallflower)
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“I just thought to myself that in the palm of my hand, there was this one tape...”
– Charlie (Perks of Being a Wallflower)
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“I hope it’s the kind of second side that he can listen to whenever he...”
– Charlie (Perks of Being a Wallflower)
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And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.
“I don’t think books will ever disappear for this reason: we need them too much....”
– Nancy Jo Sales (via booksandghosts)
“I think books are like people, in the sense that they’ll turn up in your life...”
– Emma Thompson (via theprobablestars)
“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales.”
– Albert Einstein
(via ronk)
Have you ever read a book that was so perfect and...
courtscourt:
Because I just finished To Kill A Mockingbird and I want to marry Atticus Finch. Or have him as a father. Or brother. Or President. Or best friend. Or anything. Anything at all.
“Then I thought, boy, isn’t that just typical? You wait and wait and wait for...”
– Absolutely Normal Chaos, Sharon Creech (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
Your have your vices, I have my books.
“For she had embodied the Great Perhaps- she had proved to me that it was worth...”
– John Green, Looking for Alaska (via theegreatcatsby)
I measure my life out in turned pages.
