prettybooks:

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

literarycoffee:

(by teva.)

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"Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself."

Truman Capote (via martinaboone)

(Source: inspire-quote.com, via martinaboone)

Fisticuffs Over the Care and Keeping of Books →

bookriot:

What do you do if you damage a book on loan from someone else — offer to buy a new one? Promise to be more careful next time? Pass it along to someone else and pretend you didn’t crack the spine?

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.

from-mydreams:

At the library (by Alex Maga)

(via prettybooks)

prettybooks:

Library (by Filippo Venturi)

"It took me years to learn to sit at my desk for more than two minutes at a time, to put up with the solitude and the terror of failure, and the godawful silence and the white paper. And now that I can take it … now that I can finally do it … I’m really raring to go."

Erica Jong (via martinaboone)

"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)

prettybooks:

(by L.A. Birdie Photography)

"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)

pescandomariposas:

A new chapter in his life by christianbenetel on Flickr.

(via writersrelief)

Page-Turner →

Oh look, a new literary feature on The New Yorker. Looks super interesting!

definitelydope:

(by silent sequoias)

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