June 2012
1 post
“Books can be possessive, can’t they? You’re walking around in a bookstore and a...”
– Sarah Addison Allen (via excessivebookshelf)
May 2012
7 posts
April 2012
5 posts
Nine Female Writers Who Had To Hide Their Gender →
amandaonwriting:
1. Keeping it in the family, the three talented Brontë sisters published their writing under the surname Bell. Emily published Wuthering Heights as Ellis Bell, Charlotte brought out Jane Eyre as Currer Bell and Anne used Acton Bell to release The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, as well as their joint poetry collections and other works.
2. A. S. Byatt was born Dame Antonia Susan Duffy,...
March 2012
6 posts
“The plain fact is that the planet does not need more successful people. but it...”
– David Orr (via natsuumi, free-wilderness) (via paper-jellyfish) (via fourthshoes) (via booklover)
“It’s a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical...”
– Naguib Mahfouz, from Sugar Street (via aubade)
Invisible Children Response →
Felt the need to post!
From Invisible Children:
In response to this explosion of interest about the Kony 2012 film, there have been hundreds of thousands of comments in support of the arrest of Joseph Kony and the work of Invisible Children. However, there have also been a few pieces written that are putting out false or mis-leading information about these efforts. This statement is our...
February 2012
2 posts
January 2012
2 posts
December 2011
4 posts
“A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.”
– Edgar Allan Poe (via bookoasis)
November 2011
4 posts
October 2011
6 posts
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September 2011
4 posts
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“Why can’t I just eat my waffle?”
– Barack Obama, when asked a question by a persistant reporter during breakfast at Glider’s Diner, April 2008. (via mucalinda)
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August 2011
8 posts
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“Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power...”
– Groucho Marx (via justbesplendid)
“Filling a bookcase is like gathering a social circle”
– May Lambert Becker
July 2011
14 posts
