The Musings of Someone Boring

"Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators." Stephen Fry

[wordsnquotes]

I love you more than words. And I am a big fan of words.

Joe Dunthorne, Submarine (via wordsnquotes)

[fuckyeahbarbs]

People’s reaction to me is sometimes “Uch, I just don’t like her. I hate how she thinks she is so great.” But it’s not that I think I’m so great. I just don’t hate myself. I do idiotic things all the time and I say crazy stuff I regret, but I don’t let everything traumatize me. And the scary thing I have noticed is that some people really feel uncomfortable around women who don’t hate themselves. So that’s why you need to be a little bit brave.

 Mindy Kaling (via fuckyeahbarbs)

[teenagecrush]

[diamante-iluminante]

The best kind of laughter is laughter born of a shared memory

Mindy Kaling (via diamante-iluminante)

[inkskinned]

FUN GIFTS FOR THE MILLENNIAL IN YOUR LIFE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

dinosaur onesie! keep them cozy in this super cute gift

A return to a stable housing market! fulfill their wildest dreams by allowing them to survive by themselves :)

satisfy the nerd in them with pokemon sun and moon!

an end to police brutality :) 

music and theatre lovers alike will get a huge kick from hamilton tickets! throw in the mixtape for good measure, followed by the moana soundtrack!

student loan forgiveness and a stable job! what’s cuter than not drowning in debt? 

our “miscellaneous” friend is the hardest to shop for… surprise her big-time by deprivatizing medicine, education, and prisons :)

chicken nugget gift card. whether it’s the ol’ mcdonald’s or some fancy place he’s always talking about, following up with food is always a good idea.

if the electoral college fails to remove trump from office, do the right thing this holiday season. it’s a classic. i’m not going to say it, but you know what it is. remember to turn your flamethrower on “low” for a nice, even roast, which is sure to please.

[wine-stained-me]

You can. You can and you will.

Remind yourself of that today.

[deeplifequotes]

Everything in moderation, including reality.

Julz Millar (via deeplifequotes)

[wine-stained-me]

I know I'll be fine, but

Six word story

[thesepaprhearts-blog]

Click here for a Pinterest infographic of these books!

Cinderella

Cinder

What is Hidden

Mechanica

Gilded Ashes

Princess of Glass

The Ugly Stepsister

Sleeping Beauty

Princess of Thorns

Gathering Frost

A Kiss in Time

Kill Me Softly

A Wicked Thing

A Long, Long Sleep

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty

Cruel Beauty

Of Beast and Beauty

Beastly

Heart’s Blood

The Little Mermaid

The Summer of Chasing Mermaids

Mermaid: A Twist on the Classic Tale

Monstrous Beauty

Midnight Pearls: A Retelling of The Little Mermaid

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

Entwined

Princess of the Midnight Ball

The Princess Curse

Wildwood Dancing

Little Red Ridding Hood

Crimson Bound

Scarlet

Red Riding Hood

Princess of the Silver Woods

Sisters Red

Snow White

Stitching Snow

Fairest

Winter

The Shadow Queen

Snow: A Retelling of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Rapunzel

Cress

Rapunzel Untangled

Towering

Zel

Alice in Wonderland

Splintered

Insanity (Mad in Wonderland)

Alice in Zombieland

The Goose Girl

The Goose Girl

Thorn

Dearest

Peter pan

Wendy Darling: Stars

Tiger Lily

Second Star

Never Never

Other Retellings

Spinning Starlight

A Thousand Nights

Valiant

Unenchanted

The Wrath and the Dawn

The Wild Orchid: A Retelling of “The Ballad of Mulan”

The Isle of the Lost

Uprooted

My Fair Godmother

Scarlet

Enchanted

My Unfair Godmother

What is your favorite fairy tale retelling? Any retellings that aren’t on the list that you would recommend?

[wine-stained-me]

The greatest gift bestowed upon me in 2016

[endofjuly]

We keep mistaking isolation for independence Resistance for resilience These walls, for strength Yet we keep wondering why We continue relapsing Into the void. When will we ever learn the difference?

[inkskinned]

i love fall but something about the end of summer always seems so bittersweet to me. like the lazy days we spent bored and sweating are now somehow dipped in amber, the swing of fireflies and song of cicadas bleeding into our memories somehow as if it was every night we spent with red solo cups and berry-stained lips, and only one beautiful moment too. like a strange ache that maybe you missed your chance, but also like you took the shot to be something unlike the tired quickness that you exist under for the rest of the year. it’s a slow version of yourself, and every summer tastes like that, like messy hair and maybe parties but also long hours but also quick friends and slow loves and dry mouths and wet lips and liquor and campfires and it all bundles into this odd pain that comes with losing green, that comes with the ending of a thing.

[wine-stained-me]

Let’s travel the world and fall in love in different cities and remember how small we are on this big, big, beautiful earth.

[thequotejournals]

How many times have people used a pen or paintbrush because they couldn’t pull the trigger?

Virginia Woolf, Selected Essays (via thequotejournals)

[inkskinned]

My bare chest isn’t allowed on campus but rapists are.

[michellekpoems]

What a relief it is that every day I am growing fresh skin that has never betrayed a blush from the sound of your name.

Michelle K., Relief. (via michellekpoems)

[michellekpoems]

I have learned that memories are vicious, they will always hold you close and drag you back if you let them.

Michelle K., Vicious Memories. (via michellekpoems)

[wine-stained-me]

Me @ myself before social interactions: please don't talk ... just listen... you don't need to talk....

Me during: i can't tell if you care but I am going to finish anyway to avoid awkward silence so onto chapter 12 of my life story ,

After: yes hello can I get the number for where I could possibly be sealed into a soundproof box for the rest of my natural life, air holes not required