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~ Mermaids & Books - Floating Libraries

~ Mermaids & Books - Floating Libraries

“ There’s no substitute for the feel of an actual book. I adore physically turning pages, and being able to underline passages and not worrying about dropping them in the bath or running out of power. I also find print books objects of beauty, and I don’t speak as a precious, first-edition-mustn’t-crack-the-spine-type collector, but as somebody who loves a shiny new paperback, and the smell of second-hand books.

— J.K. Rowling (via thechocolatebrigade)

(via dreamsincolor)

#quotes #jk rowling #books #i have total strangers trying to talk me into getting an ereader at least once a week #and every time i have to resist the urge to pull a giles #and complain about the smell #but the first thing i did when i bought deathly hallows was open it up and take a big whiff #and it smelled like heaven #so fuck ereaders #at least until they come with incesnse or something

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May 06

risainwonderland:

watsonly:

#YOU OTHER READERS CAN’T DENY #WHEN A STORY WALKS IN WITH AN AWESOME BASE AND A GREAT PLOT IN YOUR FACE YOU GET SPRUNG

(Source: falsehoodfabrications, via captainragtag)

#books #i'm blaming kl for this

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May 02

jennyowenyoungs:

Ugh, BOOKS.

(Source: estrology)

#books #books make me feel things #when i finished his dark materials the first time i was a weeping mess for WEEKS #i think that was the worst book hangover i've ever had

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Apr 27

fourteenacross:

booksactually:

The Lover’s Dictionary by David Levithan

“reservation, n

There are times when I worry that I’ve already lost myself. That is, that my self is so inseparable from being with you that if we were to separate, I would no longer be. I save this thought for when I feel the darkest discontent. I never meant to depend so much on someone else.”

Guys. If you haven’t read this book already, what are you waiting for?

#david levithan #the lover's dictionary #books #why are you reading tumblr #when you could be reading this book

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Apr 04

» Pamie » It’s Dewey Donation System Time!

pamiedotcom:

Come help me celebrate my birthday.

i know y’all like books and derby girls and helping, so go check this out and see what you can do!

#dewey donation system #pamie #books #nerdfighters #get on this

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Mar 07

“ Stories you read when you’re the right age never quite leave you. You may forget who wrote them or what the story was called. Sometimes you’ll forget precisely what happened, but if a story touches you it will stay with you, haunting the places in your mind that you rarely ever visit.

— Neil Gaiman (via wordsandwildplaces)

(Source: wordsandwildplaces, via fiercedandelioness)

#quotes #neil gaiman #books #i hate reading books when i'm the wrong age #it feels like such a wasted opportunity

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Mar 03

That moment

pickleswithlegs:

When you are reading a book and realize a character that you like is going to die and you just close the book and stare at it. Like not reading it keeps them alive….

d-does that not work?

(Source: i-like-tea-and-i-can-not-lie, via captainragtag)

#books #books make me FEEL things #i can neve #r resist opening it again anyway #so they always die #and then i always have a sad

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“ Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don’t we consider it his duty to escape?…If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!

— J.R.R Tolkien (via starlightslk)

(via brilligspoons)

#quotes #j.r.r. tolkien #books

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Feb 28

Defensive reading.

ciganka:

Definition: jumping into a book, when the world becomes too much to handle.

(via captainragtag)

#gpoy #books #it was a really long time before i figured out how much this was contributing to my inability to communicate with non-fictional people #so then i found people who had similar problems and communicated with them instead

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