Writers are historians, too. It is in literature that the greater truths about a people and their past are found.
F. Sionil Jose
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02.12.15 // coffee and Cardinal Newman for breakfast at home.
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17.12.2015 // term may be over but I am working long shifts at the bookshop this month. On my off day I’ve been working on a new edition of my zine.
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Books hold most of the secrets of the world, most of the thoughts that men and women have had. And when you are reading a book, you and the author are alone together—-just the two of you.
E.B. White (via katiecar)
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We shouldn’t teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement.
B.F. Skinner (via wordsnquotes)
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I haven’t yet tasted everything that can keep me alive.
Albert Camus, Caligula
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November Bibliosaurus Challenge
Day 7 : Pages
“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
― Terry Pratchett
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can we just take a moment to imagine little cute nine-year-old hermione reading matilda
and peering into this book about a smart, bookish girl who could move things with her mind
and then can you imagine her concentrating very hard on the books on the bookshelf and slowly, slowly, getting them to move
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Reading Women (2012 - 2013), Carrie Schneider
Rena reading Zadie Smith, Megha reading Edith Wharton.
Flávia reading Clarice Lispector, Bianca reading Sylvia Plath.
Evan reading Anne Lamott, Aura reading Maarit Verronen.
Sara reading Miranda July, Sheree reading Angela Carter.
Hsiao-Jou reading Fang-Yi Sheu, Heather reading Chris Kraus.
Cauleen reading Gwendolyn Brooks, Molly reading Roseanne Barr.
Sarah reading Zora Neale Hurston, Vicky reading Gloria Fuertes.
Alyssa reading Patti Smith, Yala reading Susan Sontag.
Whitney reading Terry Tempest Williams, Naomi reading Adrian Piper.
Kelly reading Gabrielle Hamilton, Amy reading Michelle Cliff.
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