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“Will Grayson, Will Grayson” by John Green and David...

Tue, 29 May 2012 12:55:00 +0800

“Will Grayson, Will Grayson” by John Green and David Levithan. One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two teens—both named Will Grayson—are about to cross paths. As their worlds collide and intertwine, the Will Graysons find their lives going in new and unexpected directions, building toward romantic turns-of-heart and the epic production of history’s most fabulous high school musical.

Hilarious, poignant, and deeply insightful, John Green and David Levithan’s collaborative novel is brimming with a double helping of the heart and humor that have won both them legions of faithful fans.

"Love is the key word to actualize great dreams and attain greater heights."

Tue, 29 May 2012 12:50:45 +0800

“Love is the key word to actualize great dreams and attain greater heights.”

- Jaachynma N.E. Agu, The Prince and the Pauper

"What I didn’t yet understand was the importance of taste and timing. Books are like people. Some..."

Tue, 29 May 2012 02:20:24 +0800

“What I didn’t yet understand was the importance of taste and timing. Books are like people. Some look deceptively attractive from a distance, some deceptively unappealing; some are easy company, some demand hard work that isn’t guaranteed to pay off. Some become friends and say friends for life. Some change in our absence — or perhaps it is we who change in theirs — and we meet up again only to find that we don’t get along any more.”

- Mark Haddon, The Right Words in the Right Order (via distantheartbeats)

White eclectic rustic vintage classic modern living room;...

Tue, 29 May 2012 01:59:00 +0800

White eclectic rustic vintage classic modern living room; ceiling-to-floor shelving and art. Pretty cool. © Sidney Morning Herald

from Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David...

Mon, 28 May 2012 00:04:14 +0800

from Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan

Hail to the Z // Artist: Danni Zamudio

Sun, 27 May 2012 16:14:24 +0800

Hail to the Z // Artist: Danni Zamudio

"I feel my life is so scattered right now. Like it’s all these small pieces of paper and someone’s..."

Sat, 26 May 2012 05:39:00 +0800

“I feel my life is so scattered right now. Like it’s all these small pieces of paper and someone’s turned on the fan. But talking to you makes me feel like the fan’s been turned off for a little bit. Like things could actually make sense. You completely unscatter me, and I appreciate that so much.”

- John Green & David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

"Not that smart. Not that hot. Not that nice. Not that funny. That’s me: I’m not that."

Fri, 25 May 2012 17:30:00 +0800

“Not that smart. Not that hot. Not that nice. Not that funny. That’s me: I’m not that.”

- John Green & David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (photo by Laura U.)

Fri, 25 May 2012 17:01:21 +0800

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (photo by Laura U.)

from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Wed, 23 May 2012 13:03:00 +0800

from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

An old copy of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:41:00 +0800

An old copy of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

"Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or..."

Mon, 21 May 2012 07:11:33 +0800

“Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day.”

- Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

"It is easy to forget how full the world is of people, full to bursting, and each of them imaginable..."

Sun, 20 May 2012 19:01:50 +0800

“It is easy to forget how full the world is of people, full to bursting, and each of them imaginable and consistently misimagined.”

- John Green, Paper Towns

The Library, Shakespeare’s House, Stratford Upon Avon.

Sun, 20 May 2012 06:08:36 +0800

The Library, Shakespeare’s House, Stratford Upon Avon.

from Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham

Sat, 19 May 2012 10:20:00 +0800

from Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham

Meet the bookseller’s only child. Sylvia Beach...

Fri, 18 May 2012 10:48:00 +0800

Meet the bookseller’s only child. Sylvia Beach Whitman, the proprietor of the Shakespeare and Company bookshop in Paris, is the daughter of the shop’s founder, the late George Whitman. She was named after Sylvia Beach, an American-born bookseller and publisher who was the founder of the original Shakespeare & Company bookshop. (Photo © James O’Mara)

"Like the way the sun is right now, with the long shadows, and that kind of bright, soft light you..."

Fri, 18 May 2012 09:29:00 +0800

“Like the way the sun is right now, with the long shadows, and that kind of bright, soft light you get when the sun isn’t quite setting? That’s the light that makes everything better, everything prettier, and today, everything just seemed to be in that light.”

- John Green, Looking for Alaska

"I’m always amazed at friends who say they try to read at night in bed but always end up falling..."

Thu, 17 May 2012 22:25:00 +0800

“I’m always amazed at friends who say they try to read at night in bed but always end up falling asleep. I have the opposite problem. If a book is good I can’t go to sleep, and stay up way past my bedtime, hooked on the writing. Is anything better than waking up after a late-night read and diving right back into the plot before you even get out of bed to brush your teeth?”

- John Walters, Role Models

“This week I’ve been reading a lot and doing little work....

Thu, 17 May 2012 06:28:59 +0800

“This week I’ve been reading a lot and doing little work. That’s the way things ought to be. That’s surely the road to success.” — Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:17:11 +0800

from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank