Literary confessions

"Bea says that the art of reading is slowly dying, that it’s an intimate ritual, that a book is a..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:30:45 -0700

“Bea says that the art of reading is slowly dying, that it’s an intimate ritual, that a book is a mirror that offers us only what we already carry inside us, that when we read, we do it with all our heart and mind, and great readers are becoming more scarce by the day.”

- Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind (via isaboutwords)

"It was books that made me feel that perhaps I wasn’t completely alone."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:45:34 -0700

“It was books that made me feel that perhaps I wasn’t completely alone.”

- Will Herondale (via nevertrustabook)

"No one will be alive by the last book. In fact, they all die in the fifth. The sixth book will be..."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:01:18 -0700

““No one will be alive by the last book. In fact, they all die in the fifth. The sixth book will be just a thousand-page description of snow blowing across the graves.””

- George R.R. Martin
[when asked if he was going to let any Game of Thrones/Song of Ice and Fire characters live] (via booksandhotchocolate)

Contradiction- by

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:51:00 -0700

Contradiction- by

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:15:45 -0700

owlapin: owlapin: owlapin: MICROSOFT WORD HAS A FUCKING “INSERT CITATION” BUTTON WHY THE FUCK DID...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:30:30 -0700

owlapin:

owlapin:

owlapin:

MICROSOFT WORD HAS A FUCKING “INSERT CITATION” BUTTON WHY THE FUCK DID NO ONE EVER TELL ME THIS IS SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION FUCK THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THIS IS MICROSOFT WORD 2007 I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE OF THIS IN HIGHSCHOOL WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK I HATE EVERYTHING

you can fucking log your sources into your document and then at the end press a fucking button and it makes a bibliography page for you im

im not even lying im so mad

entropyalarm: For real, yo

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:45:27 -0700

entropyalarm:

For real, yo

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Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:15:14 -0700

fer1972: Art on Books by Ekaterina Panikanova

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:30:43 -0700

fer1972:

Art on Books by Ekaterina Panikanova

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Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:45:21 -0700

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:15:58 -0700

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”

- Cicero (via ohfairies)

bookworm by artguy65

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:30:43 -0700

bookworm by artguy65

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Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:45:25 -0700

nevver: Works of Fiction

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:15:17 -0700

grant snider @grantdraws

grant snider @grantdraws

nevver:

Works of Fiction

amandaonwriting: Story-telling

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:30:41 -0700

amandaonwriting:

Story-telling

"I’d like to take a moment of silence for all the books that I’ll never get to read because life is..."

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:45:14 -0700

“I’d like to take a moment of silence for all the books that I’ll never get to read because life is too short.”

- (via bookshelfblogger)

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Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:16:34 -0700

"Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it."

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:30:49 -0700

“Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.”

- John Muir (via booksandhotchocolate)

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Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:36:59 -0700

gryzio: theinformationdump: Body Language Cheat Sheet for...

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 11:57:36 -0700

gryzio:

theinformationdump:

Body Language Cheat Sheet for Writers

As described by Selnick’s article:

Author and doctor of clinical psychology Carolyn Kaufman has released a one-page body language cheat sheet of psychological “tells” (PDF link) fiction writers can use to dress their characters.

Very useful for artists as well! :>