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quotes about books

"books are uniquely portable magic" — stephen king

"a room without books is like a body without a soul" — marcus tullius cicero

"that’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet" — jhumpa lahiri

"a book is a gift you can open again and again" — unknown

"the reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries" — rené descartes 

"the man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who never learned to read" — mark twain 

"there is no friend as loyal as a book" — ernest hemingway

"no two persons ever read the same book" — edmund wilson

"outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. inside of a dog it's too dark to read" — groucho marc

"books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can" — unknown

"book support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves" — unknown

"reading brings us unknown friends" — honoré de balzac

"reading is a conversation. all books talk. but a good book listens as well" — mark haddon

"the book you don't read won't help" — jim rohn

”people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.” — isaac asimov

ao3 is my safe place

“how did you get into writing” hey so writing got into me

for me writing is the urge to write about that cinematic image i saw while listening to that ethel cain song

words to use instead of “said”

normal:

— stated

— spoke

— remarked

— reported

— added

questioning:

— asked

— inquired

— requested

— begged

angrily:

— demanded

— shouted

— growled

— yelled

sad:

— sobbed

— cried

— groaned

— bawled

nervous:

— trembled

— quaked

— stammered/stuttered

happy:

— exclaimed

— chirped

— laughed

— giggled

i’m so tired of ai and of people. just because someone doesn’t write traditionally or repeats what they’ve said before doesn’t mean they’re not writing, it means they’re a real person. sure there’s dead giveaways like using the exact same vocabulary every single time you say anything, but unless there’s things like that that prove it’s ai it’s incredibly disrespectful and hurtful to witch hunt someone for not writing as good as you think they should. you’re trying to say they write so bad, good, or strangely that there’s no way they wrote it and signing off their writing as not belonging to them

.☘︎ ݁˖┃staring down the barrel, of the hot sun . . .

dividers —

@shimmermetimbers, @sweetmelodygraphics

what’s my name?

you can call me apple pie

identity?

i’m bi, a cis girl, and i use she/her pronouns

hobbies?

watching yt, fingerpicking on guitar, shopping, baking, cooking, n’ being a cheerleader

favorites?

my favorite show is my little pony, my favorite number is 22, my favorite song is juno by sabrina carpenter, my favorite meme is “don’t play wit me,” and my favorite color is white with pink as the runner up

animal?

i’m a huge dog girl—i volunteer at animal shelters on the weekends

tea or coffee?

sweet tea

country or city?

i’m from tx, but i’m half and half

ao3?

slowcrush

anyway, don’t be a stranger

⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪ . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ don’t wanna fight but my mental insists . . .

helpful writing websites

prohintistery — very helpful for finding new words and other writing-related material

thesaurus — you can find antonyms, synonyms, and the meanings of most words here

the color thesaurus — here is a list of a variety of colors and their names

pinterest — helpful for mood boards, designing characters, capturing ideas in images

i would’ve rather suffered with you than be happy without you and maybe that was what was wrong with us all along