#librarysource

[dallaswinstons]

when I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library pride and prejudice by jane austen

happy birthday to my darling girl @alicenthighstower !!

[samiramohans]

“I love you,” [Rin] said. Kitay gave her a tired smile. “I know.”

[shadowhaert]

wuthering heights for @alicenthighstower

[henry-marchbanks]

quotes from THE SECRET HISTORY by DONNA TARTT

[moreaujeans]

— Los Angeles was a monster, too big and too loud and too hectic. THE TROJANS were strange and misguided. There was a cardboard dog in his bedroom that Jeremy treated like a de facto member of the household. Jean didn’t understand any of it, but he knew on a bone-deep level that this was better than anything he’d ever had. It was worlds more than he deserved.

[wylanvenk]

"I told you all summer I want you to trust me and feel safe with me, didn't I? Lying to you would undo everything we've worked so hard to build. I'd rather lose face than lose your confidence."

-Jean Moreau & Jeremy Knox, The Golden Raven (2025)

[daphnevincent]

beach read by emily henry

i always liked that thought, the way two people really did seem to grow into one. or at least two overlapping parts, trees with tangled roots.

[edwardslovelyelizabeth]

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

«Life, after all, has not slipped free of its netting. There is no such life, slipping free: life is itself the netting, holding people in place, making sense of things. It is not possible to tear away the constraints and simply carry on a senseless existence. People, other people, make it impossible. But without other people, there would be no life at all. Judgement, reproval, disappointment, conflict: these are the means by which people remain connected to one another.»

[capulets]

Now the searchers have departed, and life has grown quiet around me, I have come to realize that while for years I might have imagined myself to be somewhere else, in reality I have been there all the time: up at the top by the muddy wheel-ruts in the new grass, where the sky is dark over the shivering apple blossoms and the first chill of the snow that will fall that night is already in the air. — The Secret History, Donna Tartt.

[bookshelvesandtealeaves]

5 star reads of 2024 ↳ a sorceress comes to call by t. kingfisher

[riding-with-the-wild-hunt]

favorite books 1/? » MAURICE by E.M. Forster

“The second dream is more difficult to convey. Nothing happened. He scarcely saw a face, scarcely heard a voice say, 'That is your friend,' and then it was over, having filled him with beauty and taught him tenderness. He could die for such a friend, he would allow such a friend to die for him; they would make any sacrifice for each other, and count the world nothing, neither death nor distance nor crossness could part them, because 'this is my friend.'” - E.M. Forster, Maurice

[ID: a picspam comprised of 12 images primarily in shades of brown, green, and white.

1: Adjacent rows of long wooden tables with lamps every few seats / 2: A thin, pale-skinned person wearing a white shirt, black suspenders, and black pants standing in a field / 3: Light and dark green italicized serif text reading "Maurice" on a black background / 4: A bed with a bronze-colored metal frame laid with white pillows and comforter / 5: A round neoclassical structure at the top of a grassy hill / 6: Several low wooden boats at their moorings / 7: The thatched roof of a building among lush trees / 8: A light-skinned person wearing a white shirt and putting on a black tie / 9: A hall of white stone and dark brown wooden panelling containing several statues / 10: Same format as Image 3, but the text reads "by E.M. Forster" / 11: Several arches of an ornate, coffered ceiling leading up to a central dome / 12: A painting by Henry Scott Tuke depicting a young person with light skin and dark hair sleeping peacefully, their face turned towards the viewer. They are wearing a white shirt with an open collar //End ID]

[dallaswinstons]

PALMETTO STATE FOXES: ANDREW MINYARD most of the foxes were self-destructive, whereas andrew seemed keen on collateral damage

♡ happy birthday to THEE best mia ever!! @henwilsons ♡

[thetudorslovers]

At that time, he was probably the most beautiful man alive, as he was certainly the most violent, but that’s the problem. How do you separate a tiger’s beauty from it’s ferocity? Or a cheetah’s elegance from the speed of it’s attack? Achilles was like that — the beauty and the terror were two sides of a single coin. - Pat Barker, The silence of the girls

[henrycavillary]

“Victor Vale was not a fucking sidekick.” "For. Ever."

Villains Series | V. E. Schwab

[labyrinth]

happy place by emily henry

“are you saying i can come home?” “i’m saying,” he murmurs softly, “it’s not home unless you’re there.”

[moreaujeans]

— RENEE was next in line and the eye of the storm. she doled out friendly advice, encouraged her teammates’ efforts, and played mediator occasionally. she didn’t get involved in the others’ fights, either to take sides or preach peace, and no one argued with a word she said.