prettybooks:

I felt a cloud of butterflies take flight in my stomach (by κaycee ♥)

literarycoffee:

(by teva.)

(via prettybooks)

"Whoever writes English is involved in a struggle that never lets up even for a sentence. He is struggling against vagueness, against obscurity, against the lure of the decorative adjective, against the encroachment of Latin and Greek, and, above all, against the worn-out phrases and dead metaphors with which the language is cluttered up."

George Orwell (via martinaboone)

(Source: a-silly-little-moment)

rachelfershleiser:

In early June, the publishing industry takes Manhattan for Book Expo America. We’re taking the opportunity to celebrate the millions of amazing readers and writers who call the Tumblr community home.

Join us at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe for free drinks, fun swag, mixing, mingling, and readings by Edan Lepucki, Alexander Chee, and Baratunde Thurston.

Totally going to this.

(Source: nancytoledo, via a-silly-little-moment)

from-mydreams:

At the library (by Alex Maga)

(via prettybooks)

(Source: whitehairedyouth, via writersrelief)

prettybooks:

Library (by Filippo Venturi)

"Reading, for me, is like this: consumptive, pleasing, calming, as much as edifying. It’s how I feel after a good dinner. That’s why I do it so often: It feels wonderful. The book is mine and I insert myself into it, cover it entire, ear my way through every last slash and dot. That’s something you can do with a book, unlike television or movies or the Internet. You can eat it, or mark it, like a dog does on a hydrant."

 Tara Bray Smith (via martinaboone)

booksdirect:

Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl.

(Source: astore.amazon.com, via writersrelief)

prettybooks:

(by L.A. Birdie Photography)

"It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don’t give a damn what you say, they’re going to write."

Sinclair Lewis (via martinaboone)

tatteredcover:

Six moving pictures are worth a thousand words.

Oh goodness this is lovely.

(Source: allyoxin3)

"I am eternally grateful for my knack of finding in great books, some of them very funny books, reason enough to feel honored to be alive, no matter what else might be going on."

Kurt Vonnegut, Timequake (via solipsism2)

(Source: gostraskhalana, via prettybooks)