Vice's & Virtues

Cassandra Clare: On crying

cassandraclare:

“Hi Miss Clare, Oh gosh! I’m truly thankful to you that you made and shared with us the amazing story of Will and Tessa and Jem. And through those pages we learned to love them as well! I just want to say I’ve been trying so hard, for almost 2 weeks now, not to cry every time I look at tumblr and…

Kendrick Lamar

—Swimming Pools (Lyrics)

charlottesophiie:

Kendrick Lamar - Swimming pools

Each book is a new book. I’ve never written it before and I have to teach myself how to write it as I go along. The fact that I’ve written books in the past seems to play no part in it. I always feel like a beginner and I’m continually running into the same difficulties, the same blocks, the same despairs. You make so many mistakes as a writer, cross out so many bad sentences and ideas, discard so many worthless pages, that finally what you learn is how stupid you are. It’s a humbling occupation.

Paul Auster (via theparisreview)

Truth. Facts.

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mikkaybear:

ilogchronicles:

Megan Whalen TurnerThe Queen’s Thief Series

One of the best, most well-thought-of and well-written fantasy series I have ever read. All of the characters are so well-nuanced, the plot both intricate and grand, and the writing eloquent and precious. These books legitimately merit a second, even a third read, just so one can fully absorb the intelligence of the plot. I do not know why I haven’t read this before now, but I regret the years that I didn’t know such beautiful books existed. Everyone should read this.

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Yes. A thousand times YES.

maybe I should look into these..