Reading Delights

Favourite quotes and other random bookish things that delight me. Nothing fancy.

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[irememberdelight]

Cute

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[brokenmindsbrokenhearts]

[thosewhowrite]

I have to wash my hands five separate times. Once counting to twenty on each hand. Once counting to a hundred. Then again to a hundred. Then again to a hundred. Then again to a hundred. Because only then will the germs be gone. I have to shake my head and shout NO out loud as many times as it takes to feel like I really mean it. Because otherwise something bad will happen to me. I cannot do anything at the thirteenth minute, or on the thirteenth day because that is bad luck, and I have had enough of that. I have to wash things over and over again until I’m convinced that they’re clean, Because you never know what could happen if you wear a pair of dirty jeans. I have to check the door twenty two times. Then twenty two times again. Then again. And again. And again. Because I am convinced that the twenty first time I checked it twenty two times just wasn’t enough. I have to do all of these things. I have to. I have to. I have to.

My OCD. (via poemsandmusings)

[wellthatsadorable]

Misa Minnie the yorkie here is like a tiny magician, executing the most adorable (albeit predictable) tricks that will make you squeal with joy. I don’t want to spoil too much, but this video includes a tiny a shopping cart, the thought of which makes my heart want to explode. Holy christ, this is cute.

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

Closing your eyes isn’t going to change anything. Nothing’s going to disappear just because you can’t see what’s going on.

Haruki Murakami (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

[xstarling]

What good is a life lived if it made no difference at all to the great life of the world? A sadder thing i cannot imagine. Why should not a mother say to herself, if i raise this child aright, if i love and care for her, she shall live a life that brings joy to those about her, and thus i have changed the world? Why should not the farmer that plants a seed say to his neighbour, this seed i plant today will feed someone, and this is how i change the world today?

The fool - Royal Assassin, Robin Hobb

This is why I love The Fool <3

(via xstarling)

[irememberdelight]

Book Review: Assassian's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

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From Goodreads: In a faraway land where members of the royal family are named for the virtues…

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Xmas book gift ideas for a geek girl

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Here are some nice book gift ideas for a girl who is into fantasy, science-fiction or just…

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November Wrap-UP and Blogmas

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I am probably going to regret typing this but I have decided to do blogmas – basically blogging…

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Black Friday Book Haul!

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So, on Friday I decided to buy a couple of books for my kindle and ended up with a nineteen book for under three euro.   I thought I would share what I got.

Firstly, I got ‘The Snow Child’ by Eowyn Ivey for 99c.  I had wanted to get it for a while – it…

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What am I fighting for?

One of the things I loved about the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan was the way it dealt with…

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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king.

J.R.R. Tolkien (via jlv2k6)

[bookmania]

People are afraid of themselves, nowadays. They have forgotten the highest of all duties, the duty that one owes to oneself. Of course they are charitable. They feed the hungry, and clothe the beggar. But their own souls starve, and are naked.

Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (via bookmania)

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Musical Interlude: Youth

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I love this song.  I think we all get to an age where we realise that we won’t be young forever.

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My New Blog

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I have decided to start blogging under the new blog Sondering Shadows.  ‘Sonder’ means the moment when you realise that other people are living other lives independent of your own.  I just like the concept.  I don’t know if this is goodbye to I…

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Why you should follow your dreams

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I know that at the moment a lot of students are thinking about the future.  I was like you, only a few years ago.  I was a good student, and wanted to do the best that I could.  So, when it came time to go on the third level, I was at a crossroads.  I…

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