Randomly Curated

November 2011

11 posts

Nabokov.

LOL!

thebookstheygaveme:

                                       

I was 19. He was 30. I’m not sure he thought this gift through.

Nov 27, 201138 notes

The Books They Gave Me: de Saint-Exupery, Bataille, and a Mystery Man. → thebookstheygaveme.tumblr.com

I like this post.

thebookstheygaveme:

Through the years most of my boyfriends have given me books.

 

My boy-love sent me a copy of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s “Le Petit Prince”, fragranced with his aftershave and packaged in a gift box of dried wild flowers.

 

A more, um, mature boyfriend gave me stacks of books…

Nov 27, 201112 notes

what is your wildest dream?

Teleportation

Nov 27, 2011

What are prehistoric monsters called when they sleep?

Dormant Anxiety

Nov 27, 2011

Nov 22, 2011102 notes

“It’s the great mystery of human life that old grief passes gradually into quiet tender joy.” —Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov (via bookoasis)

Nov 22, 2011229 notes

Nov 22, 201152 notes

Snow Patrol - Teenage Kicks (Acoustic)

Snow Patrol - Teenage Kicks (Undertones Cover)

“I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight

Get teenage kicks right through the night, well come on!”

Nov 13, 2011

Nov 2, 2011450 notes

Kardashians, take note.

shitmystudentswrite:

Divorce rates are going to be lower if you are not getting married.

Nov 2, 2011119 notes

Nov 1, 2011827 notes