Not Just Paperback

Book lovers everywhere! Come hither and find books galore with me! And when I say find books, I mean find ANY type of book. From paperback to hardcover to informational to picture books, the admiration of books can come from anywhere.

[barnabue]

Check this out! If you like reading literature (satire in particular) or anything about the 1910s-1920s era of United States history, check out this blog post about the famous novel Main Street by Sinclair Lewis!

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Abandoned Detroit House is Transformed with 36,000 Flowers

In November 2014, florist Lisa Waud bought this abandoned, crumbling duplex in Detroit Michigan. Winning the bid at $250, Waud had not even seen the home. Her vision was to transform the location into an art installation called Flower House.

To ornate the home, Waud invited florists Michigan, Ohio, New York and Canada to install different flower installations in every room. 

[thelovejournals]

Gifts for every budget

Best of spring: Under $30

Easter gifts & decorations

Personalized and custom jewelry

[thelovejournals]

I want to get to know you once for all, and I want you to know me. And then to say good-bye. I believe it’s always best to get to know people just before leaving them. I’ve noticed how you’ve been looking at me. There has been a continual look of expectation in your eyes, and I can’t endure that. That’s how it is I’ve kept away from you. But in the end I’ve learned to respect you. You do stand firm, don’t you? I like people who are firm like that whatever it is they stand by. Your expectant eyes ceased to annoy me, I grew fond of them in the end, those expectant eyes. I understand something in you and you seem to love me for some reason.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov (via wnq-writers)

[wearthefedora]

The real power couple

[chemistry-official]

Day 97 - Berkelium

In the seventh Period and the eleventh Group, Berkelium was named after the city it was discovered in.

Berkelium is an artificially made element, and has only been made in extremely small amounts.

The first time larger amounts of Berkelium were made was in 1958 in Idaho. The element must love the West!

Berkelium is both radioactive and chemically reactive.

Berkelium isn’t naturally occurring, so there are no known stable isotopes. It’s longest half life is 1380 years.

[joshlerisvvreal-blog]

so scary

[fyp-psychology]

Many strong girls have similar stories: They were socially isolated and lonely in adolescence. Smart girls are often the girls most rejected by peers. Their strength is a threat and they are punished for being different. Girls who are unattractive or who don’t worry about their appearance are scorned. This isolation is often a blessing because it allows girls to develop a strong sense of self. Girls who are isolated emerge from adolescence more independent and self-sufficient than girls who have been accepted by others. Strong girls may protect themselves by being quiet and guarded so that their rebellion is known by only a few trusted others. They may be cranky and irascible and keep critics at a distance so that only people who love them know what they are up to. They may have the knack of shrugging off the opinions of others or they may use humor to deflect the hostility that comes their way.

Mary Pipher, Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls (via wnq-writers)

[goodreadss]

We all have souls of different ages.

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned (via goodreadss)

[trohman]

still being in fob fandom in 2016/17

[thelovejournals]

Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable. We cannot know at the outset how the relationship will affect us. Like a chemical mixture, if one of us is changed, both of us will be. Will we grow in self-actualization, or will it destroy us? The one thing we can be certain of is that if we let ourselves fully into the relationship for good or evil, we will not come out unaffected.

Rollo May, The Courage to Create (via wnq-writers)

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You see I usually find myself among strangers because I drift here and there trying to forget the sad things that happened to me.

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (via hplyrikz)

Clear your mind here

(via hplyrikz)

[notjustpaperback]

The worst of a position like mine is that it makes one so bitter. No one to work for and yet obliged to be always on the lookout for chances. One must live, and so one becomes selfish.

Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

[notjustpaperback]

"If it hurts in your mind, blame the perpetrator. If it's only in your ears, blame me."

Sophocles, Antigone

[notjustpaperback]

God has granted you a special talent. It is now your duty to hone that talent, because a person who wastes his God-given talents is a donkey.

Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

[fer1972]

The Abbey Bookstore: A Canadian Bookshop in the middle of Paris, photographed by Dave Coombs