Feeling and Dreaming

"Past a certain point, all the dates grow hazy and confused, and the clarity of history becomes the..."

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:56:08 +0000

“Past a certain point, all the dates grow hazy and confused, and the clarity of history becomes the fog of legend.”

- George R. R. Martin, A Dance With Dragons part 2: After the Feast

"My great-grandfather gave up on religion completely. And my grandfather told me why he did. This is..."

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:25:13 +0000

“My great-grandfather gave up on religion completely. And my grandfather told me why he did. This is true, by the by. Not true in the way fiction is truer than truth. True in both realms.”

- Nathan Englander, “Everything I Know About My Family on My Mother’s Side” in What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank

"It’s not enough to be numbered with the grains of sand on the beach and the stars in the sky."

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:56:01 +0000

“It’s not enough to be numbered with the grains of sand on the beach and the stars in the sky.”

- Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk

Tiling at Baker Street tube station

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:08:15 +0000

Tiling at Baker Street tube station

"By now, the camouflage had become my skin. My friends wouldn’t want to know. Who would want to..."

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:22:13 +0000

“By now, the camouflage had become my skin. My friends wouldn’t want to know. Who would want to know? I certainly didn’t want to know. All I wanted was to hold my assumptions to the light, and to watch them sparkle in their facets, as all sham gemstones do.”

- Darin Strauss, Half a Life

"Everybody wants life to speak to them with special kindness. Every personal story begs to be steered..."

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:24:11 +0000

“Everybody wants life to speak to them with special kindness. Every personal story begs to be steered toward reverie, toward some relief from unpleasant truths: That you are a self, that beyond anything else you want the best for that self. That, if it is to be you or someone else, you need it to be you, no matter what.”

- Darin Strauss, Half a Life

"We were king’s men, knights and heroes… but some knights are dark and full of terror, my..."

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:54:40 +0000

“We were king’s men, knights and heroes… but some knights are dark and full of terror, my lady. War makes monsters of us all.”

- George R. R. Martin, A Feast for Crows

I read 54 books last year,

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:57:43 +0000

but basically the entire last 3 months were me trying to get through A Feast for Crows. Some high points, but I just cannot care that much about a book which is half composed of Greyjoys and contains no Tyrion or Daenerys. Splitting the characters in half was not a good move in my opinion, though we’ll see how successful that was after the next book. The big event near the end that I won’t spoil for anyone who hasn’t read it was satisfying though!

geekyjessica: lacigreen: christophernolans: Ryan Gosling on...

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:09:08 +0000

geekyjessica:

lacigreen:

christophernolans:

Ryan Gosling on the MPAA’s decision to give Blue Valentine an NC-17 rating over its inclusion of an oral sex scene. (x)

Oh… Oh…. Hello Ryan. I - I didn’t realize you were perfect until just now. <3 <3

"every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness… King Jaehaerys once..."

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 20:12:27 +0000

“every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness… King Jaehaerys once told me that madness and greatness are two sides of the same coin. Every time a new Targaryen is born, he said, the gods toss the coin in the air and the world holds its breath to see how it will land.”

- George R. R. Martin, A Storm of Swords part 2: Blood and Gold

"The Noise is a man unfiltered, and without a filter, a man is just chaos walking."

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:58:51 +0100

“The Noise is a man unfiltered, and without a filter, a man is just chaos walking.”

- Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go

I’m using the bookmark that Laala bought for me in the Words...

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:30:22 +0100

I’m using the bookmark that Laala bought for me in the Words Bookstore Café in Bahrain. This makes me happy.

"Men lie, and they lie to theirselves worst of all."

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 12:28:27 +0100

“Men lie, and they lie to theirselves worst of all.”

- Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go

My evening is sorted. I’m finally onto read #52 of the...

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:04:12 +0100

My evening is sorted. I’m finally onto read #52 of the year, The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness, recommended to me by the lovely Gilliane.

We just queued up to look inside a tube.

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 16:17:03 +0100

We just queued up to look inside a tube.

Beautiful city. Taken now, on the balcony of the Tate Modern

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 16:02:05 +0100

Beautiful city. Taken now, on the balcony of the Tate Modern

Currently reading. Book #50 of the year is Heft by Liz Moore. So...

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 22:11:44 +0100

Currently reading. Book #50 of the year is Heft by Liz Moore. So far, living up to the hype.

"That’s what I love about reading: one tiny thing will interest you in a book, and that tiny thing..."

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:29:08 +0100

“That’s what I love about reading: one tiny thing will interest you in a book, and that tiny thing will lead you on to another book, and another bit will lead you onto a third book. It’s geometrically progressive - all with no end in sight, and for no other reason than sheer enjoyment.”

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Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

They must have some books somewhere, right?

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 19:20:35 +0100

They must have some books somewhere, right?

Babysitting again. The child is asleep so I’m reading The...

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 19:16:54 +0100

Babysitting again. The child is asleep so I’m reading The Woman Who Died a Lot and watching The X Factor. Being paid to do exactly what I’d be doing at home is a definite win. I still haven’t found ANY books in their home though!