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bookspaperscissors:thevisionbeautiful: The Literary Lion with...

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:12:58 +0200

The Literary Lion with Alex Perez.

"The novel’s spirit is the spirit of complexity. Every novel says to the reader: “Things are not as..."

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:11:59 +0200

“The novel’s spirit is the spirit of complexity. Every novel says to the reader: “Things are not as simple as you think.” That is the novel’s eternal truth, but it grows steadily harder to hear amid the din of easy, quick answers that come faster than the question and block it off.”

- Milan Kundera, The Art of the Novel, transl. Linda Asher (Perennial, 2000), 18. (via enormousair) (via libraryland)

(via papertissue) ruuca on deviantart

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:25:00 +0200

(via papertissue)

ruuca on deviantart

moonoochrome:artpixie: time for autumn (via msgooner)

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:54:48 +0200

moonoochrome:artpixie:

time for autumn (via msgooner)

"I’m a quitter. I come from a long line of quitters. It’s amazing I’m here at all."

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:49:40 +0200

“I’m a quitter. I come from a long line of quitters. It’s amazing I’m here at all.”

- Bernard Black, Black Books (via lisztomania) (via izmonsters) (via bugseatbooks)

"Her library filled her bookshelves and then overflowed into waist-high stacks of books everywhere,..."

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:34:57 +0200

“Her library filled her bookshelves and then overflowed into waist-high stacks of books everywhere, piled haphazardly against the walls. “Have you really read all those books in your room?” “Oh God no. I’ve maybe read a third of ‘em. But I’m going to read them all. I call it my Life’s Library. Every summer since I was little, I’ve gone to garage sales and bought all the books that looked interesting. So I always have something to read. But there is so much to do: cigarettes to smoke, sex to have, swings to swing on. I’ll have more time for reading when I’m old and boring.’””

- Looking for Alaska (via champagnethursdays) (via libraryland) (via eemmaa) (via infinitebutterflies)

How have I not read this?
(via twowaymonologue)

distantheartbeats: Britain’s smallest library. These people are...

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:16:11 +0200

distantheartbeats:

Britain’s smallest library.

These people are awesome and I love them.

fuckyeahbookshelves:bookspaperscissors: Wine Crate Display...

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:57:13 +0200

fuckyeahbookshelves:bookspaperscissors:

Wine Crate Display Boxes (via smartsandcrafts)

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Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:56:11 +0200

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Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:50:41 +0200

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Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:46:04 +0200

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"It’s what all hearts proclaim, All places in the light of heaven’s day, Each in its own..."

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:30:20 +0200

“It’s what all hearts proclaim,
All places in the light of heaven’s day,
Each in its own language.
Why not my own?”

- goethe, from faust (via aubade)

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Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:23:25 +0200

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Currently reading.

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:22:04 +0200

Currently reading.

"To me, literature is a calling, even a kind of salvation. It connects me with an enterprise that is..."

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:20:54 +0200

“To me, literature is a calling, even a kind of salvation. It connects me with an enterprise that is over 2,000 years old. What do we have from the past? Art and thought. That’s what lasts. That’s what continues to feed people and give them an idea of something better.”

- Susan Sontag (via nihilnoetia)

(via libraryland) I missed reading Calvino.

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:18:40 +0200

(via libraryland)

I missed reading Calvino.

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and..."

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:15:40 +0200

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.”

- Albert Einstein (via nihilnoetia)

Another significant cover of Book Thief which I have seen for...

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:48:48 +0200

Another significant cover of Book Thief which I have seen for the first time.

Finished reading Book Thief by Markus Zusak. I smiled at some...

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:42:03 +0200

Finished reading Book Thief by Markus Zusak. I smiled at some parts and burst into cry and cursed all the wars and warriors on this planet.

This is the Turkish cover of the book and it was published in an amazingly small size. I had sent the cover of the original English book and many quotes before. Should be read for the love of books.

bookspaperscissors: An Alternative Use For Books (via Jan...

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:30:03 +0200

bookspaperscissors:

An Alternative Use For Books (via Jan Tonnesen)

wow where can I find some big old brown books like that?