I’m a part-time writer who also loves reading (all kinds of genres), movies, music, and long discussions about meaningful topics with my friends over several glasses of wine. All the quotes on this site are marked with the author’s name, except those marked with TBV; those quotes are my own. __________ Tumblr (3.0; @wordpainting)http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5e24f21d768141bbb85ee2a2d0e89f74/tumblr_mn0325hGjM1rnvzfwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>The Old Town Bookshop | Edinburgh</span></p>http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50816979513http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50816979513Sun, 19 May 2013 08:15:00 -0500book shopbookslitfictionbook shopping““Yes! the books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters...http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50816213338http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50816213338Sun, 19 May 2013 07:59:31 -0500Wilkie Collinsbooksreadstorieslitquotes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8441f3f611054961ff6555188de4f3c0/tumblr_mmqve9Oeyh1rnvzfwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Yes, it can.</p>http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50815918043http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50815918043Sun, 19 May 2013 07:52:56 -0500writingbookslitread<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/17aae6924a1a866647aae16dbd7b1e71/tumblr_mmzszf4fco1qzupj0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bookshelfporn.com/post/50722175632/a-library-slide-we-love-this-wooden-slide-that-is" target="_blank">bookshelfporn</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>A Library Slide</strong></p> <p><span>We love this</span><span> wooden slide that is slotted into a combined staircase and bookshelf of a house</span><span> in </span><span>Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea,</span></p> <p><span>Designed by </span><span></span><a href="http://www.moonhoon.com/" target="_blank">Moon Hoon</a><span>.</span></p> <p>Submitted by Bookshelf Porn reader <a href="http://jesserichardson.com.au/" target="_blank">Jesse Richardson</a> via <a href="http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/04/a-library-slide-by-moon-hoon/" target="_blank">Colossal</a>.</p> </blockquote> <p>Yeehaaa!!!</p>http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50815612745http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50815612745Sun, 19 May 2013 07:45:56 -0500libraryslidereadbooksfun““When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find...http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50815299291http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50815299291Sun, 19 May 2013 07:38:41 -0500Henri Nouwentruthfriendspain sufferingfriendshipThank you for the kind words, and welcome!http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50815108745http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50815108745Sun, 19 May 2013 07:34:10 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbnszqbiYP1qe9gsso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>In the city</p>http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50730424914http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50730424914Sat, 18 May 2013 09:40:28 -0500photographycitypictures<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/00ed975aa653c5df2ad1af74ad3e416f/tumblr_mn00mb13rj1qb0wfxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>I read dead people.</strong></p>http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50730239654http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50730239654Sat, 18 May 2013 09:37:23 -0500readlitbooksstoriesclassic literature““[I] read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them.”” - Simon...http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50729937153http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50729937153Sat, 18 May 2013 09:32:22 -0500love booksreadlitstoriesnovelsnonfiction<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8e039766990cfbb3bb373e39cce02b57/tumblr_mkt90jMjGL1qju1ogo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>No dogs, no biscuits … no love.</p>http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50729556016http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50729556016Sat, 18 May 2013 09:26:00 -0500sadblack and white photo<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/75491d4b6b5460e4df23f23c013f8445/tumblr_mm3li7YpZj1rwlmkeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Always be reading.</p>http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50729166740http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50729166740Sat, 18 May 2013 09:19:23 -0500readlitbooksstoriesfictionnonfictionnovels““We would be worse than we are without the good books we have read, more conformist, not as...http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50654221254http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50654221254Fri, 17 May 2013 09:54:20 -0500good booksreadlitstoriesfictionnovelsnonfictionquotes<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a85d3cd3ee0e0acead6a78d7d8205c2b/tumblr_mm9d7sHOcm1raj09to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Cutest thing I’ve seen all week.</p>http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50653891053http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50653891053Fri, 17 May 2013 09:47:12 -0500bookstorecouple kissingbooks<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6731e831686e882e65965369617fc65c/tumblr_mmvj375Ej31s7a0b4o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8a8d04ce62413e8d3ac8b0701fba7a48/tumblr_mmvj375Ej31s7a0b4o2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/79ec7b1047e4b7b43331f22ad3c2e546/tumblr_mmvj375Ej31s7a0b4o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/27396297ed43d06c6cbca9abe85682e8/tumblr_mmvj375Ej31s7a0b4o5_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0e8aac7b70b64a8e92c4d6eecbd49d98/tumblr_mmvj375Ej31s7a0b4o8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/311e8023bb4ec73be4d0f372096e55d8/tumblr_mmvj375Ej31s7a0b4o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0cad932fbf77d4c4315ed6186c1d5682/tumblr_mmvj375Ej31s7a0b4o9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/da1f8f062489fe014071aefa5a1c3e68/tumblr_mmvj375Ej31s7a0b4o10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0ecd996c5804c69a862cdd3c42e20a5c/tumblr_mmvj375Ej31s7a0b4o4_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b87b49a9fbbd4f1de700b948d793c7d9/tumblr_mmvj375Ej31s7a0b4o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Daunt Books in London. I’ve got to visit this shop someday.</p>http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50653384443http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50653384443Fri, 17 May 2013 09:36:04 -0500bookstorebookshelvesbookslitfictionnonfictionread<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b887ed7ec738251731b0cdfce02ecfbb/tumblr_mmy5ioc52z1qb0wfxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>“You see, unlike in the movies, there is no THE END sign flashing at the end of books. When I’ve read a book, I don’t feel like I’ve finished anything. So I start a new one.” </span><span>― </span><span>Elif Shafak</span><span>, </span><em>The Bastard of Istanbul</em></p>http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50653099904http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50653099904Fri, 17 May 2013 09:29:49 -0500Elif Shafakwriterswritingreadbookslitquotes<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f3818822357236ac3ff0059b300fe35b/tumblr_mmmaftQSRO1rh0c5xo3_400.jpg"/><br/> Library with secret door from Stash Vault<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ae0bed2acae39a8cb368272d06b6194f/tumblr_mmmaftQSRO1rh0c5xo2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Revolving shelf unit by Eckelman Brothers Construction<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7cada75f84d48e09fe01019291df1e7e/tumblr_mmmaftQSRO1rh0c5xo4_500.jpg"/><br/> In The Vortex<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c3770504b0c45c90522fb61aa2234d8e/tumblr_mmmaftQSRO1rh0c5xo5_400.jpg"/><br/> A secret bookcase door in the library leads to the wine cellar from Su Casa Southern Homes<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/adef01ee88a8542b96d48859b1b7c52c/tumblr_mmmaftQSRO1rh0c5xo6_400.jpg"/><br/> A hidden stash with a secret door from Quinn Creative <br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7e7ad14b899061fafe581720f7e28318/tumblr_mmmaftQSRO1rh0c5xo7_400.jpg"/><br/> A Secret Passage Door via Happiness Is<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0360f57cd799213247640a72b5371aed/tumblr_mmmaftQSRO1rh0c5xo8_400.jpg"/><br/> Drool-Worthy Secret Passage Bookshelves via Book Riot<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e492939a19b8712274e1fdb982e703be/tumblr_mmmaftQSRO1rh0c5xo1_400.jpg"/><br/> Holly Black’s Hidden Library<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ee04da414cf6758e78d6eff4972b5ea6/tumblr_mmmaftQSRO1rh0c5xo9_400.jpg"/><br/> Kick-Ass Secret Passage Bookshelves<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/14890a9a1b7d0a94ed822dc089f32f51/tumblr_mmmaftQSRO1rh0c5xo10_500.jpg"/><br/> Your One-Stop Shop for Hidden Stairways and Secret Crypts via Archinect <br/><br/> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://steampunktime.tumblr.com/post/50609860328/i-think-hidden-rooms-accessed-via-secret-passage" target="_blank">steampunktime</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I think hidden rooms accessed via secret passage bookshelves are the ultimate in Steampunk interior decor. This is <strong>Secret Passage Bookshelf Porn</strong>. Enjoy!</p> <ol><li><a href="http://www.stashvault.com/library-with-secret-door-via-mooneylindsey/" target="_blank">Library with secret door from Stash Vault</a></li> <li><a href="http://eckelmanbros.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/secretentry/" target="_blank">Revolving shelf unit by Eckelman Brothers Construction</a></li> <li><a href="http://inthevortex.tumblr.com/post/23588138420/picklemethis-karenhealey-sarahreesbrennan" target="_blank">In The Vortex</a></li> <li><span>A secret bookcase door in the library leads to the wine cellar from </span><a href="http://www.sucasamagazine.com/contents/Summer08/features/stayingpower.html" target="_blank">Su Casa Southern Homes</a></li> <li><a href="http://quinncreative.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/" target="_blank">A hidden stash with a secret door from Quinn Creative</a><span> </span></li> <li><a href="http://www.happinessisblog.com/happiness-is/2010/12/a-secret-passage-door.html" target="_blank">A Secret Passage Door via Happiness Is</a></li> <li><a href="http://bookriot.com/2012/12/19/10-drool-worthy-secret-passage-bookshelves/" target="_blank">Drool-Worthy Secret Passage Bookshelves via Book Riot</a></li> <li><a href="http://thesteampunkhome.blogspot.com/2008/10/holly-blacks-hidden-library.html" title="Holly Black's Hidden Library" target="_blank">Holly Black’s Hidden Library</a></li> <li><a href="http://bookriot.com/2012/11/02/10-kick-ass-secret-passage-bookshelves/" target="_blank">Kick-Ass Secret Passage Bookshelves</a></li> <li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/5193980/your-one-stop-shop-for-hidden-stairways-and-secret-crypts" target="_blank">Your One-Stop Shop for Hidden Stairways and Secret Crypts via Archinect</a><span> </span></li> </ol></blockquote>http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50652817879http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50652817879Fri, 17 May 2013 09:23:27 -0500hidden roomssecret passagesbooksread““I like best to have one book in my hand, and a stack of others on the floor beside me, so as...http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50576088576http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50576088576Thu, 16 May 2013 08:50:11 -0500Dorothy Parkerbooksreadlitfictionnovelsstories<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PxPpWYmQnS0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theparisreview.tumblr.com/post/50499205414/of-course-baseball-s-both-a-sport-and-a" target="_blank">theparisreview</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>“Of course, [baseball]’s both: a sport </span><em>and</em><span> a pastime, to borrow from James Salter. The autograph hounds in Ivan Weiss’s trailer, the voyeurism that unsettles our photographer Kate Joyce, and that peculiar alone-in-the-crowd feeling that haunts [photographer Alec] Soth—none of that arises without the ballgames themselves. There’s a reason </span><em>A Sport and a Pastime</em><span> is so full of sex, described in elaborate, ritual detail: Salter understood that the strenuous, disciplined, daily exertions of love—the physical sport—enabled and ennobled the pastime of the life around it. The sex had to be closely observed and recorded.</span><span>”</span></p> <p>In the latest installment of the Bull City Summer series, <a href="http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2013/05/15/when-baseball-isnt-baseball/" target="_blank">Adam Sobsey on when baseball isn<span>’</span></a><span><a href="http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2013/05/15/when-baseball-isnt-baseball/" target="_blank">t baseball</a>.</span></p> </blockquote>http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50575669803http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50575669803Thu, 16 May 2013 08:40:04 -0500Baseballvideothe paris reviewvoyeurismphotographyinteresting<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/lost-wh-auden-journal-sheds-light-on-pivotal-time-for-poet-8613065.html">A lost journal of W. H. Auden, one of three that the poet is known to have kept, has recently been discovered.</a>http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50575255530http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50575255530Thu, 16 May 2013 08:30:03 -0500W.H. Audenpoetjournalswritingwriterslitpoetry<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9567e77a2957859186736b9c417af29a/tumblr_mmu3puc42K1ry7mqxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://robotmonkeys-net.tumblr.com/post/50487511093/the-library-of-the-monastery-of-st-florian-in" target="_blank">robotmonkeys-net</a>:</p> <blockquote> <div>“The library of the monastery of St. Florian in Upper Austria. It is a baroque jewel, and includes about 140,000 volumes. In the library are many valuable medieval manuscripts and early printed books.” de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stift_Sankt_Florian <p>Bibliothek in St. Florian by dorena-wm <a href="http://flic.kr/p/8mpTfv" target="_blank"><a href="http://flic.kr/p/8mpTfv" target="_blank">http://flic.kr/p/8mpTfv</a></a></p> </div> </blockquote>http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50574848074http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/50574848074Thu, 16 May 2013 08:20:03 -0500bookslibraryreadlitfictionnonfictionnovels