February 2012
76 posts
“We need solitude, because when we’re alone, we’re free from obligations, we...”
– Tamim Ansary, West of Kabul, East of New York: An Afghan American Story (via thesearepeopleyouknow)
“Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you...”
– Markus Zusak (Glory Story)
(via fuckyeahreading)
“Everybody has a secret world inside of them. All of the people of the world, I...”
– Neil Gaiman (via johngreenismypatronus)
“There are so many fragile things, after all. People break so easily, and so do...”
– Neil Gaiman (via julie911)
“Surprising what you can dig out of books if you read long enough, isn’t it?”
– Robert Jordan (via kerryquotesquotes)
“It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.”
– Einstein (via meiaro)
“I don’t think books will ever disappear for this reason: we need them too much....”
– Nancy Jo Sales (via booksandghosts)
That moment when you finish a book, look around, and realize that everyone is just carrying on with their lives as though you didn’t just experience emotional trauma at the hands of a paperback.
“Knowing how to read and not reading books is like owning skiis and not skiing,...”
– (via amphigorical)
“Suddenly the reader’s eyes were filled with tears, and a loving voice whispered...”
– Ángel González (via excessivebookshelf)
“However, I do believe in the dealbreaker book. This book so deeply resonates...”
– Molly Flat, “Love Me, Love My Books” (via moviesandmusicandbooksohmy)
“I felt like crying but nothing came out. It was just a sort of sad sickness,...”
– Charles Bukowski, Tales of Ordinary Madness (via runawaytrain)