Codrington Library, All Souls College, Oxford, England
Fonte: thatlibrary
She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.
The English Patient (via brimeetsbooks)
(via literatureismyutopia)
Fonte: brimeetsbooks
Fonte: vintageanchor
Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.
Gustave Flaubert (via rlphjnmplq)
(via teacoffeebooks)
It’s not just about writing all the time. It’s about whether you’re doing the two things that’ll make you a good writer. Living and reading. I have no doubt that when you have something to say to the world, you’ll be able to do it. And if you can’t write? Good. Go read.
Fonte: electricliterature.com
The only library I use on a regular occasion:
Because it’s a coffee shop
with a cat that lounges around
and it has hundreds of books everywhere that you can read.
That’s why it’s called The Library :D
I’m lucky to live a block away.
Did I mention they make baked goods from scratch? To die for.
Fonte: whispering-literature
Without reading, there can be no learning.
Helen Vendler, “Reading Is elemental” (I like her broad definition of reading: “The natural ways into reading are reading aloud, listening, singing, dancing, reciting, memorizing, performing, retelling what one has read, conversing with others about what has been read, and reading silently.”)
(via austinkleon)
Fonte: harvardmagazine.com
