January 2011
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I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire...
– Thomas Babington Macaulay (via bookoasis)
[His] library was a fine dark place bricked with books, so anything could happen...
– Ray Bradbury, Farewell Summer: A Novel (via liquidnight)
When Snowed In...
For a lot people this winter, the weather has been extreme. Living in the snow belt in the midwest for my much of my youth and adulthood, I have often found myself snowed in by more than a foot of snow. Here are my tried and true ways of fighting boredom and recapturing the magic of falling snow. Please be forewarned, many of these suggestions will create lasting memories and make you smile years...
alldressedinargyle asked: Thanks so much for the follow!!
…what defines a New Yorker is the edge that one develops from having actually...
– Donald Trump Jr. [via NYMag] (via carolynannahall via sarakatherine)
So true, Mr. Trump, so true.
Don’t fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest...
– Louis E. Boone (via kari-shma) (via abheiss)
I’m a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of...
– Thomas Jefferson (via quote-book)
I need to remember this often.
Books are not luxuries. They are meat and drink for the mind.
– Andrew Taylor, The Anatomy of Ghosts (via givemesomethinganything)
The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.
– Ayn Rand (via love-and-squalor)
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The words were on their way, and when they arrived, she would hold them in her...
– The Book Thief, Markus Zusak (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)