January 2012
“because Sundays
are rotten, and love is not enough.”
– Lesley Wheeler, excerpt from Mysteries (via holdonmagnolia)
December 2011
thepondwhowaited:
superstarfighter I always stand on the edge of madness: Have you read more than 6 of these books? The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books listed…
Bold those books you’ve read in their entirety.
Italicize the ones you started but didn’t finish or read only an excerpt.
1 Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen 2 The Lord of the Rings – JRR...
“I was diagnosed with depression before they knew what gender I was.”
– Morrissey (via sandysays)
“It’s said it takes seven years
to grow completely new skin cells.
To think,...”
– Brett Elizabeth Jenkins, December 21st, 2002 (via holdonmagnolia)
Best Twilight review EVER!
While I agree that that is the most commonly accepted interpretation, I think there are alternatives. Let’s put problems with spelling, grammar, narrative flow, plot structure, etc. aside and just look at the story and, in particular, the character arc of Bella Swan. At the beginning of the story, she is moving from Arizona to Washington on her own volition - she has decided to give her...
“Interrupted at her music: as my life had been, interrupted in the music of being...”
– Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen (via comablood)
November 2011
“She’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.”
– Tom Waits (via waitingforteaagain)
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
– Stephen King (via xelpmis)
