Reading is for Lovers

She/Her. 25. Loves books, writing, nature, and cute things. You can find all of that here.

[embroiderycrafts]

Finally Finished My Hobbit Hole! by froggishmog

[ausloeserin]

a carpet of leaves and thousands of stars

(© ausloeserin)

[orangeafish-deactivated20210622]

[museifushindoushugi]

it’s dangerous to go alone. take this

[romy7]

thanks

[witchstone]

The Penitent Magdalene by Domenico Tintoretto (1598 – 1602)

[undine00-deactivated20220109]

“It seems very safe to me to be surrounded by green growing things and water.”

— Barbara Kingsolver  (via lesgardenias)

[bimbogollum]

Damn

[f-identity]

[Image description:

Cropped image of medieval-stylized printed text, focused on a line which reads: “This wenche thikke”

/end image description]

[bimbogollum]

Thank you for adding this image description! Just wanted to clarify that it’s not stylised, but actual Middle English. The text is from The Canterbury Tales.

[kiralamouse]

Okay, had to track it down. It’s from the Reeve’s Tale, and it’s a description of a 20yo young woman:

This wenche thikke and wel y-growen was, With camuse nose and yën greye as glas; With buttokes brode and brestes rounde and hye, But right fair was hir heer, I wol nat lye.

In modern English (had to look up “camuse”, so that’s as good as my source, but I know the rest)

This wench was thick and well-grown With a pug nose and eyes grey as glass; With buttocks broad and breasts round and high, But right fair was her hair, I will not lie.

The fact that Chaucer had “big butt” and “I will not lie” within two lines of each other is causing me disproportionate amusement. Also the fact that “this wenche thikke” works equally well in Middle English and in modern slang.

[unclefather]

me: *says lmao*

me: *ass is still attached* 

[thebooksareeverywhere]

bookshops😌

[o-r-k-i-d-e-deactivated20210105]

[pinkwinged-deactivated20230125]

Haley

[howitreallyistobeanartist]

when the story is just not working, but you keep writing anyway

[missannaraven]

Current mood…

[amynchan]

Reminder that she actually wins that season, so keep your head up.

[swordofsun]

Reminder that she constantly had trouble believing that she deserved to be there and her first few could best be described as ‘not the worst’.

And she won. She stayed positive, cried when she needed to, and kept going.

[bardofheartdive]

Once more:

Stay positive

Cry when you need to

Keep going

[cozyreadings]

Books and mirrors.

[chaosophia218]

Anatomical studies and drawings by Leonardo da Vinci.

[weltenwellen]

Velimir Khlebnikov, Collected Works, Vol. 3: Selected Poems, tr. by Paul Schmidt

[legitime-demence]

[curseofmxcbeth]

my favorite feelings...

drinking hot tea on a freezing day.

sitting outside alone at night looking at the moon.

going to bed after finally finishing an assignment.

getting an answer right and knowing things at school.

talking to someone about a shared passion.

listening to the song you need to hear in a moment.