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René Magritte, Act of Violence, 1932

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LOUD POEMS FOR A VERY OBLIGING AUDIENCE by NG YI-SHENG

I am gushing over this book! Not only can he string words together that results in a beautiful collection of poetry, but this book has made me laugh out loud in public several times. This collection is a reflection of Singapore culture; he’s used a lot of local colloquialism in his poems. What’s more important, to me, is that this book is a critique of the Singaporean political structure, but is done in a very lighthearted way that it makes you laugh at how ridiculous and unreasonable the government can be.

Also, look at that cover!

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“I want to live only for ecstasy. Small doses, moderate loves, all half-shades, leave me cold. I like extravagance.” Anaïs Nin

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My bookshelves part 2. Details will come later.

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Black Women in Torah, from nikisgroove

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Un librero lector, noctámbulo y muy animal (ilustración de Jung Senarak)

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those who escape hell, however, never talk about it & nothing much bothers them after that.

Charles Bukowski, from “Lost” (via theclassicsreader)

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John Darnielle at St. Joseph’s College, 2/16/17

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Daily inspiration. Discover more photos at http://justforbooks.tumblr.com

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Jian Wang :: Passengers, no date on source: 1x.com

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For Plato, the duty of the human being was the duty to remember. To remember all that we are in the face of the little that we seem to be.

Jeanette Winterson, Art & Lies (via sugar-salt-salt)

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Lonely people read a lot, but talk and hear little, life is mysterious for them: they’re mystics and often see the devil where he’s not.

Anton Chekhov, A Medical Case (via wordsnquotes)

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Bookstack.

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One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for one thousand years. To read is to voyage through time.

Dr Carl Sagan. (via sublimequotesilove)