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vanessavixenx2 · 2 days
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“Mistakes are the portals of discovery.” —James Joyce 📖🤓 Vv xo
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philosophors · 3 days
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“I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.”
— Kahlil Gibran
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medstudiees · 2 days
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sunlight and soy milk cappuccino ❤️‍🩹☕️
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la-novellista · 3 days
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Domenica saremo insieme, cinque, sei ore, troppo poco per parlare, abbastanza per tacere, per tenerci per mano, per guardarci negli occhi [...]
Franz Kafka, lettere a Milena
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godzilla-reads · 3 days
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Flowery Bookish Asks
💐 What book aesthetic color do you love most?
🌷 What is the oldest book you’ve read (whether that’s the oldest copy you have OR the oldest publication)
🌹 What live author would you invite over for tea?
🥀 What deceased author would you invite for tea?
🪻 Do you have less than or more than 200 books in your possession?
🪷 Have you ever pressed plants/flowers in your books? Would you ever try it?
🌺 What’s the prettiest book you own?
🌸 What season do you like reading in the most?
🌼 What is the next book on your TBR?
🌻 What’s the longest book you’ve read?
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princessmacabre · 2 days
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day 35/100 days of productivity
slept in because I was super tired
morning tea & french poetry
journaling
working on a new poetry project
did a short book-shoot
did the dishes
laundry
cleaned the kitchen
cooked dinner
got some fresh air
packed my stuff for a two-day-trip with my friend
exhausted - nervous - but also kind okay with it. missing some people terribly.
🎧 LP / Mahmood / Sufja Stevens / Sopico
📖 Because You Died, Vera Brittain
bisous
xx
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floral-ashes · 2 days
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I was interviewed by the lovely Zane McNeill for the release of my new book Gender/Fucking: The Pleasures and Politics of Living in a Gendered Body. We talk about sexualization, what our bodies can teach us, and how to keep on fighting in a world that makes us lose hope.
To read the book’s description and a few reviews, check out its Goodreads page. And if you want to buy it but don’t know where, I made a list.
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rogue-indshadows · 2 days
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He is going to rock our world 😍❤🤩
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annasellheim · 2 days
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Part 7
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writtenroses1813 · 1 month
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I’m so sorry but in the nicest way possible do yall actually read books or just read words??? Cause I’ve been seeing that trend of people not understanding how “snarled” and “eyes darkened” and “eyes softened” etc. was used in a book and like…
Genuinely, do yall just not have imagination?? Or not understand figurative language??? Also eyes do literally darken and soften have you not lived a life??? How do you read with no imagination? Is this how you get through so many books in one month - you simply don’t take the time the understand the words as they are read?
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cansu-m · 23 days
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philosophors · 2 days
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“That's what I consider true generosity. You give your all and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.”
— Simone de Beauvoir
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the-joy-of-knowledge · 2 months
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25 Laws of power for women
Conceal your goals especially the ones that are appealing. Losing weight, reinventing yourself, marrying wealthy. Instead talk about your altruistic goals - to help children, invest in education, this will chase insecure people with vile intentions.
Do not give anyone your source of power: Was is a book that changed your life? a mentor? a movie? Never give up your secret to success. If forced to do say allude to God, the universe, the a random phenomenon
Use the patriarchy to your favor; we live in a world that is, only associate with men who have power, use that power for good.
Never appear too perfect but be selectively vulnerable when needed. Only share something that you will be comfortable saying. You might say “I forget my keys all the time,” “I don’t know how to perfectly park a car “. But never disclose something you are not comfortable with just because you are afraid of being perfect.
Maintain distance in relationships. Friends are the best and you need them. But if you feel that they are becoming too dependent, see them at your own will. But also the reverse could be the case. Your friend may keep a distance, and that is the way of life. You have got to move on from it.
Develop your own style that makes you unique, beautiful, and elegant. Avoid trying to fit in the crowd of people who claim to care less about their style yet have too many opinions about other women’s style
Avoid male friends at all cost, you will have male colleagues, male bosses, male acquaintances, business partners. Keep it that way. You do not want a Truman Capote divulging your secrets to the world. Do not keep a man who does not fit your standard.
You do not have to win at every game. Pick and choose what is best for you and leave room for others. And step down if you have attained that level of success, do not let the society do it for you.
Trust people but remember that we are all humans. So trust with discretion!
Confuse people with kindness; people are not always comfortable with beautiful and intelligent women. That power is too intimidating so confuse them by being genuinely generous, curious, kind, and passionate.
Keep your strong opinions to yourself.. if you support a movement, a way of life, do so silently.
We all have dirty laundry, wash them privately, don’t expose yourself. Remain silent when people try to attack you or shame you. Whatever is not confirmed is not true. You are the only one who knows all the truth about you.
Don’t attract pity or praise: People who pity you do not help you, in fact they might think that you are weak and could mock you at their annual gossipping meeting. And if you are doing things for the sake of praise you are wasting your time.
Choose yourself all the time; never put any one’s feelings above yours.
Trust your own intuition if you feel someone is being malicious towards you, giving you back handed compliments then you should let them go
Never speak bad of another woman. Do not lazy around gossipping. Keep your hands clean and your conscience clear.
Avoid women with low self esteem they will bring you down. For some reason they do not like seeing other women who are doing better than them
Be careful who you seek validation from. Not everyone needs to be pleased. If they are in no way capable of contributing to your life in the ways you prefer, then don’t ask them for their opinions or please them.
Do not compete with other women, if you do you are only putting them on a pedestal. You are making the the standard by which you measure your progress. If you do compete, begin digging your grave.
Do not give unsolicited advice, do not share the inner workings of your mind, If your mouth is very charitable you better start journaling.
Be well-rounded and interesting. It attracts people. It also keeps you busy because you are continually improving and learning. An idle mind is an easily subdued one.
Avoid women who want to live vicariously through you; they want to know who you know, shop where you shop, befriend who you befriend, wear what you wear.
Pay attention to the source of your discomfort; get rid of them. You tell them your dreams and they remind you of all your hindrances. They ask why are you dressed so fancy as though fancy isn’t subjective. They undermine you interests and goals. They will also be quick to bring you down because they are afraid of your potential.
Do not fear power or please power. When we see powerful people we try to hard to befriend them, to be close to them but you need to be comfortable without them. Don’t push yourself in the name of friendship, do not try too hard to be in their inner circle. Your independence of mind is the most important. Instead become a powerful woman, aloof to the presence of power but aware of its importance. Be an ingenious and intelligent and use your creativity to uplift yourself. When you do so it will be hard to ignore you. Even the powerful will become an ally.
Enjoy moments of solitude. Use that time to develop yourself, improve your body, learn new skills, create with your mind, read widely, become more elegant, then launch yourself.
Remember the most powerful women are the most intelligent. Inspired by Robert Greene's 48 Laws of Power. Use at your discretion.
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la-novellista · 2 days
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optimistic-nihilist · 3 months
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lone-nyctophile · 2 years
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- Beau Taplin
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