18 6 / 2013
"The trouble with being a daydreamer who doesn’t say much is that the teachers at school, especially those who don’t know you very well, are likely to think you’re rather stupid. Or, if not stupid, then dull. No one can see the amazing things that are going on in your head."
(via teachingliteracy)
18 6 / 2013
Deconstructed Binding Studies by Benjamin Reynaert
Selection of various exposed-spine or “deconstructed” bindings. These sewing patterns have been learned through study and many are original techniques I have developed that expose the structure of the binding and reveal all of the elements of a handmade book.
(via teachingliteracy)
18 6 / 2013
"The decision to be positive is not one that disregards or belittles sadness that exists. It is rather a conscious choice to focus on the good and to cultivate happiness - genuine happiness. Happiness is not a limited resource. When we devote our energy and time to trivial matters and choose to stress over things that ultimately are insignificant, from that point, we perpetuate our own sadness and lose sight of the things that really make us happy and rationalize our way out of doing amazing things."
(Source: quotethat, via creatingaquietmind)
18 6 / 2013
"Practice is important because you learn to write by writing. No one ever learned to write in any other way."
(via teachingliteracy)
18 6 / 2013
"She wanted to lose herself in the words, in other times and places."
(via theitchofliterature)
18 6 / 2013
"Do you remember what you said to me once? That you could help me only by loving me? Well-you did love me for a moment; and it helped me. It has always helped me."
17 6 / 2013
"At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book—that string of confused, alien ciphers—shivered into meaning. Words spoke to you, gave up their secrets; at that moment, whole universes opened. You became, irrevocably, a reader."
(Source: thelifeofabookjunky, via booksandhotchocolate)
