December 2011
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Books don’t change the world, people change the world, books only change people.
– Mario Quintana (via quote-book)
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Consider the nature of what happens when we read a book - and I mean, of course,...
– Philip Pullman, The War on Words (2004)
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I went to the bookstore today and I bought my first John Green book. It is proof that I cannot go into a bookstore and not come out with a book. I am so afraid to read it. I want to like John Green a lot, but what if I hate the book (I bought Looking for Alaska)? I should have just bought Maureen Johnson’s new book.
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I can’t go back to yesterday - because I was a different person then.
– Lewis Carroll (via quote-book)
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NAACP warns black and Hispanic Americans could... →
ladyhippie:
sati5000:
I’m not sure if it’s amusing or incredibly sad that this headline hasn’t made an appearance in a single one of my American news sources.
I really really wish I had a more articulate response than screams of rage.
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Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.
– George Orwell (via misswallflower)
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Barack Obama says that as the father of two daughters, he wants the government...
– Katha Pollitt on the HHS overruling the FDA on Plan B access. (via jessicavalenti)
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I have never fallen in love with a book that I did not love all the more the...
– Patti Smith, Read It Again, Sam by David Bowman, The New York Times (adapted from booksandteatime)
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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks...
– Thomas A. Edison (via letterstobabies)
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Reverse Racism? Many white people claim to have experienced mistreatment,...
– (Halifax District School Board, Anti-Racism Policy, 1996) on Reverse Racism (via racismfreeontario)
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That the tech company that’s the standard-bearer for progressive, innovative,...
– I didn’t like the idea of Siri, and now I don’t like Siri. Siri: Total Misogynist. — Feministe
this pisses me off so much.
(via neonspandex)
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The best kind of rain, of course, is a cozy rain. This is the kind the anonymous...
– Susan Allen Toth, England For All Seasons (via bookoasis)
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Sometimes you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal,...
– John Green, “The Fault in Our Stars.” (via potterwhovian)
YES. THIS.
(via jennirl)
This is how I feel about When You Reach Me. Also, I really want to read John Green’s books but I’m afraid I won’t like them even though I think he’s a cool person. (This is how I feel about...