Let's Read Books

"But the third task was the most difficult; from amongst the three sleeping daughters of the King was the youngest and dearest to be sought out. They, however, resembled each other exactly, and were only to be distinguished by their having eaten different sweetmeats before they fell asleep; the eldest a bit of sugar; the second a little syrup; and the youngest a spoonful of honey. Then the Queen of the bees, which Simpleton had protected from the fire, came and tasted the lips of all three, and at last she remained sitting on the mouth which had eaten honey, and thus the King’s son recognized the right princess."

“The Queen Bee” by the Brothers Grimm (read it here)

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— 4 months ago with 50 notes

#quotes #fairy tales #fairy tale #the queen bee #lit #grimm's fairy tales

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— 8 months ago with 32 notes

#The Hunger Games #Hunger Games #The Hunger Games Trilogy #Catching Fire #Mockingjay #quotes #quote #peeta #katniss #peeta mellark #katniss everdeen

"It doesn’t really matter whether you grip the arms of the dentist’s chair or let your hands lie in your lap. The drill drills on."

C. S. Lewis, A Grief Observed (via fishingboatproceeds)

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— 8 months ago with 1108 notes

#stuff i read while writing tfios #thibgs that were intended as metaphors but actually help me grapple with dentistry #illness #grief #death #quotes

If anyone else played Hermione, it would actually kill me. - Emma Watson.

If anyone else played Hermione, it would actually kill me. - Emma Watson.

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— 8 months ago with 20 notes

#emma watson #quotes #harry potter

"A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world."

Oscar Wilde (via fornicating, quote-book) (via getfighted-) (via donotcockblock) (via rosecandyfloss)

— 9 months ago with 1187 notes

#quotes #oscar wilde

"Lately, I’m finding I am the book and you are the binding."

Ben Kweller (via owlsgo)

— 3 years ago with 25 notes

#quotes #song #ben kweller #person #people #music #lyrics #book #binding

"With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?"

Oscar Wilde (via coffeeandlipstick) (via redheadsynecdoche) (via tilforever) (via jumbledemotion)

— 3 years ago

#books #flowers #quotes #oscar wilde #people #person #moon #freedom #happy

"A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking."

Jerry Seinfeld (via booktumbling)

— 3 years ago with 14 notes

#bookstore #quotes #jerry seinfeld #person