thepocketmouse:

“The gods envy us. They envy us because we’re mortal, because any moment may be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we’re doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.”

- Troy

Anonyme: I feel like I've lost my passion for reading lately. Do you have any tips on what to turn my mind to in order to get it back?

You might want to start small. Don’t try to swallow up a great work of literature - try a short, easy read. Just read anything - a book of short stories, Calvin and Hobbes, Slaughterhouse Five. Make a point of reading before you go to bed instead of going on the internet. Carry your book with you everywhere you go. It is your best friend.

"There’s naught as nice as th’ smell o’ good clean earth, except th’ smell o’ fresh growin’ things when th’ rain falls on ‘em. I get out on th’ moor many a day when it’s rainin’ an’ I lie under a bush an’ listen to th’ soft swish o’ drops on th’ heather an’ I just sniff and sniff."

—

Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

Is there any literary character more charming than Dickon Sowerby?

(via saravee)

If Dickon wasn’t your ideal man as a child I don’t think we can be friends. (I assume he comes with the pony and the raven.)

(via goosemilk)

Anonyme: where do you go to college? just curious

UW Madison

wow. that’s it. i’m officially done with my first semester of college.