Random Acts of Bookishness

"Books were only one type of receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were afraid we might..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:20:28 -0400

“Books were only one type of receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were afraid we might forget. There is nothing magical in them at all. The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us.”

- Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 (via thebooker)

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Fri, 17 May 2013 13:40:27 -0400

HOW IT FEELS TO REDISCOVER A FAVORITE BOOK OR AUTHOR

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:40:24 -0400

dudeinpublishing:

bookgeekconfessions: Saw this on Galley Cat and I LOVE IT.

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:20:35 -0400

bookgeekconfessions:

Saw this on Galley Cat and I LOVE IT.

booksdirect: “Time to hit the books? No! Stop book violence!”

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:40:57 -0400

booksdirect:

“Time to hit the books? No! Stop book violence!”

books-are-my-passion: hope u like it c:

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:20:17 -0400

books-are-my-passion:

hope u like it c:

"One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years...."

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:41:48 -0400

“One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.”

- Carl Sagan (via stuckonthisdysfunction)

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Mon, 13 May 2013 18:20:17 -0400

swaggerlovemusic: out of touch with reality en @weheartit.com -...

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:40:24 -0400

swaggerlovemusic:

out of touch with reality en @weheartit.com - http://whrt.it/163V7uM

boringmundanes: They could be honest with me, and I with...

Sun, 12 May 2013 18:20:40 -0400

boringmundanes:

They could be honest with me, and I with them.

"Books aren’t all supposed to be our best friends. Sometimes they’re supposed to be that difficult..."

Sun, 12 May 2013 13:41:45 -0400

“Books aren’t all supposed to be our best friends. Sometimes they’re supposed to be that difficult friend who encourages us to do things that we don’t feel are rational or grown-up.”

- Kevin Smokler (via millionsmillions)

"Great writers are the voice in our head telling us what we already know. So at one level we are..."

Sat, 11 May 2013 18:20:34 -0400

“Great writers are the voice in our head telling us what we already know. So at one level we are never reading a great book for the first time.”

- Nadeem Aslam

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Sat, 11 May 2013 13:41:00 -0400

"Books have to be heavy because the whole world’s inside them."

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:20:19 -0400

“Books have to be heavy because the whole world’s inside them.”

- Cornelia Funke, Inkheart (via thebooker)

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Fri, 10 May 2013 13:40:18 -0400

bookgeekconfessions: So cool

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:20:21 -0400

bookgeekconfessions:

So cool

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Thu, 09 May 2013 13:40:30 -0400

When someone hands me my purse and I have to explain why it's so ridiculously heavy

Wed, 08 May 2013 18:20:30 -0400

lifeinsmallpresspublishing:

now that’s some bookshelf porn right there

Wed, 08 May 2013 13:40:26 -0400

now that’s some bookshelf porn right there

rambunctiouslove: Found at: Arga Bibliotekstanten from...

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:20:20 -0400

rambunctiouslove:

Found at: Arga Bibliotekstanten

from here?: http://www.ww1propaganda.com/sites/default/files/3g03179u-1580.jpg?1311563382