- " do you love the character or the person who plays them? yes"
- " how can you drink hot coffee in the middle of summer? fire cannot kill a dragon"
- "but the pleasant thing is to wake early, throw open the window, and lie reading in bed."
- "come to my house. I have great books."
- "does anyone else reply to a text mentally but not physically then forgets to actually reply all together or is that just me"
- "don’t mistake my kindness for weakness. I am kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me."
- "even when reading is impossible, the presence of books acquired produces such an ecstasy that the buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching towards infinity. we cherish books even if unread, there mere presence exudes comfort, their ready access reassurance."
- "I also believe that introversion is my greatest strength. I have such a strong inner life that I’m never bored and only occasionally lonely. no matter what mayhem is happening around me, I know I can always turn inward."
- "I am made for autumn. Summer and I have a fickle relationship, but everything about autumn is perfect to me. wooly jumpers, wellington boot, scarves, thin first, then thick, socks. the low slanting light, the crisp mornings, the chill in my fingers, those last warm sunny days before the rain and the wind. her moody hues and subdued palate punctuated every now and again by a brilliant orange, scarlet or copper goodbye. she is my true love."
- "I honestly think that crying over a book is one of the most prominent sign of compassion for humanity. You’re crying over someone who isn’t really there, doesn’t really exist, but you still feel for them as if you have known them your entire life."
- "I hope that you like feminist rants, 'cause that's kind of my thing."
- "I remember when I was younger and I wanted to be beautiful; now I’m older and I want to be intelligent. I want to burn hearts with brilliance and engulf souls with compassion. I want to be loved for my thoughts and nothing else."
- "I saw my earlier selves as different people, acquaintances I had outgrown. I wondered how I could ever have been some of them."
- "I ship myself with academic success and contentment"
- "I want to be around people that do things. I don’t want to be around people anymore that judge or talk about what people do. I want to be around people that dream and support and do things."
- "I'm a failure. I'm stupid. I'm uninformed and ignorant and... I can't even think of another synonym for uninformed, I suck. 13 million volumes? I've read like 300 books in my life and I'm already sixteen. do you know how long it would take me to read 13 million books?"
- "I’m a very private person. You don’t ask, I don’t tell."
- "I’m an observer. I read about life. I research life. I find a corner in a room and melt into it. I can become invisible. It’s an art, and I am a wonderful practitioner."
- "I’m the kind of person who is 100% okay with having a 4 hour conversation about a book."
- "if I ever catch my professor’s eyes while they lecture, I always end up nodding at them, partly because I want them to think I'm listening and partly because I feel that they need the confidence boost"
- "my mother used to say: never lose the privilege of being entirely content with yourself while being willfully all alone in your room, with solely your cat as a company. this is still, my idea of self-respect, I guess. I kind of always accept the mood of the moment and never try to go against it."
- "she naturally loved solitary places, vast views, and to feel herself for ever and ever and ever alone."
- "the notebook problem: you see a notebook. you want to buy the notebook. but you know you have like ten other notebooks. most which are still empty. you don’t need to notebook. you’re probably not gonna use the notebook anyway. what’s the point? don't buy the notebook. you buy the notebook."
- "the reason why so many people prefer older men isn't because we have some sort of kink but because we know young teenage boys are a complete fucking disaster that can only be salvaged by the sands of time"
- "when I say I want to read the book before seeing the movie, I don’t want brownie points or bragging rights. I want to be able to read the book with my imagined world and idea of the characters without the movie’s influence at least once. After you see the movie there’s always some part of it that sticks in your head for a long time and you lose the enjoyment of making it up yourself."
aug 17 2014 ∞
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