February 2012
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“l“We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron...”
– Jules Verne; Journey to the Centre of the Earth (via wordpainting)
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perditempo asked: Have you ever tried The Nonexistent Knight abd The Cloven Viscount of Calvino? Together with The Baron they make a trilogy, Our Ancestors. Maybe you could like them, if you haven't already read them.
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“Suddenly I realize
That if I stepped out of my body I would break
Into...”
– James Wright, Above the River: The Complete Poems (via thebookishdark)
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I wished I lived in the novels I read.
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“All good and true book-lovers practice the pleasing and improving avocation of...”
– Eugene Field (The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac)
andthewhitemensang asked: Have you tried Sebastian Faulks or any of the Scandinavian writers? Henning Mankell is very good.
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If I could, I would read until the blood in my...
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
designatedcreeper:
Stranger, pause and look;
From the dust of ages
Lift this little book,
Turn the tattered pages,
Read me, do not let me die!
Search the fading letters, finding
Steadfast in the broken binding
All that once was I!
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“Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.”
– Bertolt Brecht (via wordpainting)
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