A Life of Literature

grimewave:

“The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.”

(via johnsteinbeck-)

Tuesday February 26th
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The hardest thing about writing is writing."

Nora Ephron (via papercrushed)

(Source: ashwrites)

Tuesday February 26th
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onascaleofonetodone:

schnickledooger:

writer-on-fireee:

I am a reader. I am a writer. People assume I do these things to escape. You couldn’t be more right. I’m escaping a world I don’t like. A world I have no control in. In this world, I am nothing. I am a color, a height, a weight, a number. But in the world of books and writing, I am amazing. I am powerful. I am different. People are better. Worlds are endless. Change is possible. Life is manageable.

(Source: writingfromyheart, via the-empresskate)

Monday February 25th
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(via daydreamdelusion)

Monday February 25th
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If I love you, is that a fact or a weapon?"

Margaret Atwood (via enchanting)

(Source: writingsforwinter, via sweet-far-things)

Monday February 25th
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If you’re not comfortable enough with yourself or with your own truth when entering a relationship, then you’re not ready for that relationship."

Steve Maraboli (via myquotelibrary)

(via myquotelibrary)

Monday February 25th
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dootzy:

(by Rafaela Melo.)

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Monday February 25th
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Monday February 25th
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7:100 Silver Linings Playbook “When I read the actual story—how Gatsby loves Daisy so much but can’t ever be with her no matter how hard he tries—I feel like ripping the book in half and calling up Fitzgerald and telling him his book is all wrong, even though I know Fitzgerald is probably deceased. Especially when Gatsby is shot dead in his swimming pool the first time he goes for a swim all summer, Daisy doesn’t even go to his funeral, Nick and Jordan part ways, and Daisy ends up staying with racist Tom, whose need for sex basically murders an innocent woman, you can tell Fitzgerald never took the time to look up at clouds during sunset, because there’s no silver lining at the end of that book, let me tell you.” ⭐⭐⭐ #silverliningsplaybook #books #reading #literature (at the factory)

Monday February 25th
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All I do is keep on running in my own cozy, homemade void, my own nostalgic silence. And this is a pretty wonderful thing. No matter what anybody else says."

Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (via penseesduchoeur)

(Source: pavorst, via books-afterdark)

Monday February 25th
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Waiting hurts. Forgetting hurts. But not knowing which decision to take is the worst of suffering."

Paulo Coelho (via quote-book)

(via books-afterdark)

Monday February 25th
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