December 2011
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“I’m of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who...”
– Barbara Kingsolver, novelist (via ramblingsofalibrarydenizen
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“That perfect tranquility of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a...”
– Aphra Behn
(via sunsets-sunrises)
This is quite possible the most beautiful thing I... →
little-miss-shiny:
I have too many clothes in my closet, but I fill my suitcases to go from place to place with books instead of items I need on a daily basis. I got my first library card when I was 4 years old. I have a Word document on my desktop titled “The Book List” with a list of over 50 books I need, not want, but need to read. I always have a half-read book in my bag. I love to smell...
Elegance is Earned: "If you find a girl who... →
gentspreferblnds:
… keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the book are real, because for a while, they always are.
You will propose on a hot air balloon. Or during a rock concert. Or very casually...
College: Scene Outside College Library Looks Like... →
poplibrary:
For students at the College of William & Mary in Virginia, trying to secure a prime study spot in the library during the “reading days” before Finals Week has become as harrowing and dangerous as trying to purchase $2 waffle iron on Black Friday.
<3 my old school
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“I am the product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor...”
– C.S. Lewis, born today in 1898 (via thelifeguardlibrarian)
“I go back to the reading room, where I sink down in the sofa and into the world...”
– Haruki Murakami | Kafka on the Shore (via blogut)
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