• Ham on Rye, Bukowski
  • Junky, Burroughs
  • 1984, Orwell
  • Inside the Whale & other essays, Orwell
  • Siddhartha Hesse
  • L'Etranger, Camus
  • To Kill A Mockingbird, Lee
  • Franny & Zooey, Salinger
  • The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy, Burton
  • Notes From Underground and The Double, Dostoevsky

this is a minimal list compiled only of book I already have in physical form, and which firmly belong to me, not relatives or friends etc.

It also only includes books I would feel comfortable carrying, so not 'Dracula', or 'the Brother's Grimm' for example.

jan 26 2012 ∞
jan 27 2014 +
  • Lie effectively
  • Make important decisions
  • Make people laugh
  • Motivate myself
  • Play guitar
  • Play piano
  • Sing (well)
  • Skate
  • Speak Italian
  • Stare deep into people's souls.
  • Woo
feb 2 2011 ∞
feb 26 2011 +
  • The aim of life is self-development. To realize one’s nature perfectly-that is what each of us is here for.
    • The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
  • The secret of happiness, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
    • Socrates
  • Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next.
    • The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
  • Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of another.
    • To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee
feb 25 2011 ∞
mar 15 2011 +
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  • 12 Angry Men
  • A Clockwork Organge
  • American Beauty
  • Atonement
  • City of God
  • Donnie Darko
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Fight Club
  • Little Miss Sunshine
  • Memento
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Pan's Labyrinth
  • Requiem for a Dream
  • Spirited Away
  • The Lives of Others
jan 31 2011 ∞
feb 1 2011 +
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  • Carl Barat
  • James Dean
  • James Franco
  • Jeff Buckley
  • Marlon Brando
  • Paul Newman
  • Tom Hardy
apr 3 2012 ∞
apr 3 2012 +
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  • Alexa Chung
  • Audrey Hepburn
  • Clémence Poésy
  • Debbie Harry
  • Ellen Page
  • Emma Watson
  • Eva Green
  • Joanna Newsom
  • Kate Moss
  • Keira Knightley
  • Natalie Portman
  • Nicole Kidman
  • Rachel McAdams
  • Reese Witherspoon
  • Zooey Deschanel
feb 16 2011 ∞
may 12 2011 +
  • American Football // The Summer Ends
  • Animal Collective // Bluish
  • Beach House // Norway
  • Best Coast // Sun Was High (So was I)
  • Cloud Nothings // Should Have
  • Dirty Projectors // Temecula Sunrise
  • Explosions in the Sky // Welcome, Ghosts
  • Explosions in the Sky // Welcome, Ghosts
  • Girls // Ghost Mouth
  • Grizzly Bear // Knife
  • Leonard Cohen // Suzanne
  • Mogwai // I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead
  • Neil Young // Heart of Gold
  • Neutral Milk Hotel // In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
  • Sharon Van Etten // Love More
  • Sigur Rós // Hoppípolla
  • Surfer Blood // Twin Peaks
  • Tennis // Marathon
  • Toro Y Moi // Blessa
  • Ugly Cassanova // Hotcha Girls
feb 1 2011 ∞
feb 16 2011 +
  • an alethiometer
  • a dæmon
  • an invisibility cloak
  • a father called Atticus
  • a serene beautiful place, that only I know, used for private thought and meditation and one day I show it to the person I've fallen in love with.
  • Fortunas' inexhaustible purse
jan 23 2012 ∞
jan 31 2012 +
  • Go to a foreign country.
  • Learn/start to play an instrument.
  • Don't give a fuck.
  • Write a poem.
  • Write a short story.
  • Give blood.
  • Run from the police
  • Go wild camping (with friends)
  • Get fit
  • Get piercing/tattoo
  • Buy new iPod Classic
  • Download a shitload of music.

To Read

  • The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, J.R.R. Tolkein
  • Crime & Punishment, F. Dostoyevsky
  • The Double * Notes from the Underground, F. Dostoyevsky
  • Homage to Catalonia, G. Orwell
  • Heart of Darkness, J. Conrad
  • Collected Poems, H. Hesse
may 21 2011 ∞
sep 28 2011 +
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  • 127 Hours
  • Adele Blanc-Sec
  • Biutiful
  • Black Swan
  • Blue Valentine
  • Essential Killing
  • Fighter, the
  • Thor
  • Tree of Life, the
  • True Grit
feb 1 2011 ∞
may 8 2011 +