February 2012
“You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world…but you do have some say...”
– The Fault In Our Stars, John Green (via word-collector)
Reading Hurts
treesquirrrel:
That moment when you finish a book, look around, and realize that everyone is just carrying on with their lives as though you didn’t just experience emotional trauma at the hands of a paperback.
One teacher's approach to preventing gender...
togetherforjacksoncountykids:
“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got in line for art, and I noticed that she still had not removed her hood. When we arrived at the art room, I said:...
“He’d kept himself together so scrupulously for so long, but when he came...”
– Ann Brashares, My Name is Memory
Little, Brown To Publish J.K. Rowling's First... →
prettybooks:
Little, Brown has world English rights to the first novel for adults by J.K. Rowling, the company announced Thursday morning. The title, the date for the worldwide publication and further details about the novel will be announced later in the year. “Although I’ve enjoyed writing it every bit as much, my next book will be very different to the Harry Potter series, which has been...
“I was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile,...”
– Roald Dahl, Danny, the Champion of the World (via iamrootedbutiflow)
I've only read 25/100 of these... →
Truth: Today I was at the library with my Nana and Mum and wasn’t the least bit surprised to find my Mum in the Children’s Section. She’s such a kid. I’m going to have to read each and every book on this list with her. I’m not sure who will enjoy it more…
Bonnie: 110% done being the one to consistently... →
bonnfire58:
110% done being the one to consistently give and bend over backward for the well being of others. And I don’t mean that in a “woe-is-me please feel bad for me” way. I mean that in a I’m finally realizing my self worth and my purpose, and it is NOT to ensure that everyone is mentally and emotionally stable. I am killing myself slowly with all of this unnecessary worry and...
I love libraries. Something about them just makes...
“My best friend called Old Navy and told them she wanted to enlist. She said,...”
– Andrea Gibson (via okayadventurer)
“Maybe I need you the way that big moon needs that open sea;
Maybe I didn’t even...”
– Andrea Gibson, Maybe I Need You (via burrowsofmybrain)
“Can’t you see it now?
Can’t you see the gaps you fill?
The holes you would...”
– Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson (via tylerknott)
“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if I...”
– Buddha (via lungs-)
“[this is a sacred story.]
I write down a line
that turns into two
...”
– Hali Sofala, from “Mamalu” (via the-final-sentence)
