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Books are friends.

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Aquatic na We Heart It.

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Happy Think-you-are-funny-pretending-to-forget-that-you-were-going-to-mention-The-Silence-day!  

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It’s dangerous to go alone! Take this!

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People who read books in public places are regarded with suspicion because they appear self-sufficient. When you seem self-sufficient, other people think that you think you’re better than them, and they get resentful.

Jessica Zafra, Chicken Pox for the Soul (via bookishleaves)

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This is brilliant!

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Read. It makes you more intelligent. It’s that simple. We all see the universe through the tiny keyhole of our own eyes, and every book is another keyhole from which you can gaze.

Ethan Hawke (via dontgetleftbehind)

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popcorn rain cloud #popcorn #rain #popcornraincloud

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A 15th Century Cathedral Transformed into a Modern Bookstore

For many, reading a good book can be a religious experience, but this new bookstore in Zwolle, The Netherlands takes that idea to a whole new level. Architects BK. Architecten were tasked with converting this 15th century Dominican church into a modern bookstore with the addition of 700 square meters of shopping space. But there was one major catch: all the historical elements of the 547-year-old building including stained glass windows, pipe organ, ceiling paintings and expansive arches had to remain intact.

Incredibly, BK. Architecten managed to add three levels of retail space to the side wings of the church in a manner that the entire structure can one day be removed in order to restore the church to its original design. In addition only three colors of building materials were used to mimic the existing palette of the cathedral’s interior to further ensure that the bookstore would pay reverence to the original space.

Waanders in de Broeren opened earlier this summer and you can see many more views on the architect’s website. Photos by Joop van Putten and Hans Westerink. If you liked this you might also enjoy reading about a Walmart being converted into the largest single-story library in the United States. (via Arch Daily)

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My first tattoo: a quote from an episode of Doctor Who that I found incredibly appropriate given my ambitions of being a writer. It’s written in the font that Harry Potter was published in. I can’t ever lay eyes on it, except in reflections and pictures, but I know it’s there and it serves as a reminder that life is short, so we need to make our stories good ones.

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