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"Literature gives us an internal compass, a way to negotiate all life’s rough and tumble. It gives us insight, empathy, direction and warning. It is a concordance for the physical world, a magnificent prism through which reality is refracted. Much loved passages whisper in our ears. Long-dead authors hold us by the hand. Half-forgotten poems fill our mouths. Literature is present at the birth of our first child and the ordering of our morning coffee. It fills us.

What is the alternative? A life without literature would be one unmoored."
Best of Book Riot: Why Books Provide Ballast (via bookriot)

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forever-a-hufflepuff:

phil-is-my-cat:

i peed a little when i looked at these pictures

Goodness. They look like heaven.

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"A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man’s mind can get both provocation and privacy."
Edward P. Morgan (via chloeyeah)

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theillustratednail:

Tropical…even in September.

thedailywhat:

Look at This Cat of the Day

Meet Sam, an adorable white cat with eyebrow markings on his forehead! Just in the past month, Sam has gained more than 10,000 followers on Instagram, thus making him the latest feline sensation to take the baton from Grumpy Cat.

nevver:

Oh well

"I opened a book and in I strode.
Now nobody can find me.
I’ve left my chair, my house, my road,
My town and my world behind me.
I’m wearing the cloak, I’ve slipped on the ring,
I’ve swallowed the magic potion.
I’ve fought with a dragon, dined with a king,
And swam in a bottomless ocean.
I opened a book and made some friends.
I shared their tears and laughter
And followed their roads with its bumps and bends
To the happily ever after.
I finished my book and out I came.
The cloak can no longer hide me.
My chair and my house are just the same,
But I have a book inside me."
Julia Donaldson (via consultingcorsair)

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