coffeebooksandmore: “Reading means borrowing.”-Georg Christoph Lichtenberg I love lending and giving my books to my friends and family to read. I get so excited when
July 2, 2018 No Comments
coffeebooksandmore: “Reading means borrowing.”-Georg Christoph Lichtenberg I love lending and giving my books to my friends and family to read. I get so excited when
books0977: Interior with Girl Reading (c.1955). Stanley Clare Grayson (British, 1890-1967). Oil on canvas. Colchester and Ipswich Museums. Stanley, a traveller portrait artist describes himself
(via Chetham’s Library on Twitter: “Now that’s what I call an endpaper. Dutch gilt endpapers on C18th binding of Guillim’s Display of Heraldry (1679)… ”)
There is so much stubborn hope in the human heart. Albert Camus, Absurd Creation (via books-n-quotes)
books0977: Girl Reading on a Garden Bench (1910). Hermann Seeger (German, 1857-1945). Oil on canvas. Seeger turned to art and enrolled at the Berlin Academy
spicywarhoon: Amazing Stories interior from October 1941. Kidnaped (?) In (?) Mars by Festus Pragnell. Title issues aside, it looks like a pretty good read.
books0977: A Couple Reading by Candlelight (c.1650-1675). Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613-1675) [attr to]. Oil on panel. Royal Collection Trust (UK). Every surface in this complex
therobotstudies: “Have you read The Alchemist?” “Nope” “YOU MUST” …and so here are some notes made whilst reading The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. On another
the-book-ferret: “For ten years, the Ash Princess has seen her land pillaged and her people enslaved. That all ends here.”
We are unusual and tragic and alive. Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius (via books-n-quotes)