“In reality, they were distracted letters, intended to keep the coals alive without putting her hand in the fire, while Florentino Ariza burned himself alive in every line.”
—Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
June 2013
1 post
May 2013
2 posts
March 2013
4 posts
“I know that big people don’t like questions from children. They can ask all the questions they like, How’s school? Are you a good boy? Did you say your prayers? but if you ask them did they say their prayers you might be hit on the head.”
—Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
February 2013
4 posts
Harlequin Valentine, written and read by Neil Gaiman →
last.fm
My favorite Valentine’s Day-themed story, for today or any other day. This version of Harlequin Valentine especially, because it’s read by Neil Gaiman.
(And I love the story because I think I’m a bit of a Missy—not that I’m proud of it.)
The Goblet of Fire, and Other Drinks →
sashahalima.com
Two things I love come together: Harry Potter + Drinks.
January 2013
6 posts
“Local tales and superstitions thrive best in these sheltered, long settled retreats; but are trampled under foot, by the shifting throng that forms the population of most of our country places.”
—The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
“Roads go ever ever on
Under cloud and under star,
Yet feet that wandering have gone
Turn at last to home afar.” —The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Under cloud and under star,
Yet feet that wandering have gone
Turn at last to home afar.” —The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
“Besides, the few miracles attributed to the angel showed a certain mental disorder, like the blind man who didn’t recover his sight but grew three new teeth, or the paralytic who didn’t get to walk but almost won the lottery, and the leper whose sores sprouted sunflowers.”
—A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
December 2012
5 posts
Bookish Ornaments →
bookriot.com
With books and Christmas, the world’s alright, and I don’t really know what I should be bitching about.
