October 2011
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Oct 29th
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Oct 29th
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“I wandered through the stacks, running my hands along the spines of the books on...”
– Janet Fitch, White Oleander (via bookoasis)
Oct 28th
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Oct 28th
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Oct 28th
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Oct 26th
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Oct 26th
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“Books appear to be the most immediate instruments of speculative delight.”
– Richard de Bury, Philobiblon
Oct 25th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 25th
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How to Write an Important Novel
bookish: : “But can you?” “Can I what?” “Write an important novel.” “Of course I can. All you have to do is cut out the plot and shove in plenty of misery.” - P.G. Wodehouse, Ice in the Bedroom (via wwnorton)
Oct 24th
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Oct 24th
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“God bless ladies with costly, tasteful clothes and touching, dirty fingernails...”
– Seymour Glass, Hapworth 16, 1924 by J.D. Salinger (via mwfogleman)
Oct 24th
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Oct 24th
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I've decided.
helptheholmesless: My dream house has to have a library, that has and on the other side is Narnia. Or maybe my bedroom. Not sure yet.
Oct 24th
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Oct 24th
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“Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be a man intensely alive....”
– Ezra Pound (via thewritersreads)
Oct 24th
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This week I just want to sink into my books and...
teachingliteracy: briannarose
Oct 24th
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“A library of wisdom, then, is more precious than all the wealth, and all things...”
– Richard de Bury, 14th century Benedictine monk
Oct 24th
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“A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance,...”
– Lemony Snicket (via thelifeguardlibrarian)
Oct 24th
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Oct 22nd
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Oct 21st
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Oct 21st
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Oct 21st
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Oct 21st
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Oct 21st
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Oct 21st
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Oct 21st
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Oct 21st
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Oct 21st
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Oct 21st
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