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Dream library collection at the Castle in the Air shop in Berkeley

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

Anaïs Nin

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ If you liked Wild Swan, read this!

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This yarn shop in Oakland is knitting the resistance

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Amazon chain bookstores on the rise

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My imagination represents before me a certain great man famous for this talent … The lies which he plentifully distributes every minute he speaks, and by an unparalleled generosity forgets and consequently contradicts the next half hour … He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; so that if you think to refine upon him, by interpreting everything he says, as we do dreams, by the contrary, you are still to seek, and will find yourself equally deceived whether you believe or not: the only remedy is to suppose, that you have heard some inarticulate sounds without any meaning at all.

From “The Art of Political Lying” by Jonathan Swift [1667–1745], author of Gulliver’s Travels

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Masha Gessen at the Bay Area Book Festival

#baybookfest #masha gessen #books #book fest

All About Bees: A Reading List For Spring

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UC Botanical Garden

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Hogwarts Schoolbooks: Class Reading Lists for Every Subject at Hogwarts

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Out in paperback today, Secondhand Time by Svetlana Alexievich Read a review on the blog

#secondhand time #secondhandtime #Svetlana Alexievich #svetlanaalexievich #soviet #russia #book review #bookreview #booklr #bookstagram #nobel prize #literature #nonfiction

How much $$ do you spend on books and do you budget for it?? Talking about a money plan that lets you buy the books you want #ontheblog

#books #booklr #budget #money plan #bookstagram #bookhaul #bookblogger

I don't like the word 'hero.' There are no heroes in war. As soon as someone picks up a weapon, they can no longer be good. They won't be able to.

Svetlana Alexievich, Secondhand Time

#quote #war #glory #hero #secondhandtime #Svetlana Alexievich #Russia #soviet #ussr

Ender's Game is a classic sci-fi novel that got a lot of attention recently after the film came out a few years ago. As is usually the case, the film was a bit disappointing compared to the book. The ethical questions and inner struggles the protagonist faces in the novel were...

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I recently moved from a teeny tiny studio into a large apartment and I'm trying to remind myself not to rush and buy a lot of stuff all at once and instead slowly curate a handmade home like this cute #DIY: Turning a yardstick into a narrow shelf to display my favorite cards. Read more #ontheblog

#diy #handmade #home #decorating #shelf #homemade #create #skinny shelf #narrow shelf #yardstick shelf #ruler shelf #meterstick shelf #home inspiration #office inspiration #simple #office

Delightfully smokey

#fidencio #cheers #warm

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Makeup Pouch by Gravel and Gold

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