May 2012
“There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take...”
– Dianne Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale (via booksfrommyshelf)
What I learnt today: At the end of a painful road...
“That’s the thing about pain. It demands to be felt. Love, it’s the most...”
– John Green, The Fault In Our Stars (via drinkmyfill)
“Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the...”
– Aldous Huxley, Brave New World (via booksfrommyshelf)
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“The wound is the place where the light enters the body”
– Rumi (via paperlover)
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.
“And anyone who filled such a room with books sought and respected knowledge.”
– Morrigan’s Cross (via introvertedbookworm)
