Borrowed Words and Wasted Time

thestateonmtv:

Hope Mary Magdalene knows I love her

(via singhallelujahh)

o-immaculata:

My husband and I are taking a reading vacation so we booked at a cheap hotel with free breakfast (I die for free hotel breakfast, it’s the best) and we’re staying two nights with our baby and just reading the whole time it’s great

epicene-street-light:

cleoselene:

whitmerule:

letzplaymurder:

jane austen was so lit because she wrote about men the way men typically write about women i.e. her stories just centered around women and men were only there for the sake of women, and her books could have been all bitter and sad about the state of women in that century, but instead they’re sweet honest observational stories of friendship, family and love *sighs* what a lady i am sorry i ever doubted you cos I was bored in high school

no seriously her books do not pass the REVERSE bechdel test and it’s perfect

Jane Austen never wrote a single scene without a woman present.

Virginia Woolf ghostwrote this post

(Source: akajustmerry, via questern-reads)

awaywardmind:

new genre concept: soft apocalypse

the world as we know it has ended and mother nature starts taking back what’s hers. there are no zombies or cannibals or murderous bandits. the most valued members of the community are those who know how to garden and farm, sew and weave, treat wounds, work wood or build with bricks, cook from scratch. 

people bond together to begin rebuilding instead of killing each other. everyone teaches each other whatever they do know and works together to figure out the stuff none of them know. books become incredibly valued resources because they’re often the only way to learn critical information. if someone is elderly, disabled, or otherwise unable to work at the same level as most of the community, they’re taken care of by the others, not told any sort of “survival of the fittest” bs.

as the generations ware on, communities begin expanding into small cities. some of the settlements even find ways to repurpose solar or wind power on a small scale and have electricity in some of their buildings. storytellers wander the countryside telling tales of the old world in return for some hot stew or a place to rest for the night, and the mythos of the new world start to incorporate elements of the past. the only thing that remains constant is that humans survive, and they do it by working together.

(via itsallwearecalledtodo)

tired-aliensoul:

Spot the difference