Every Book, Every Volume You See Here, Has A Soul. The Soul Of The Person Who Wrote It And Of Those Who

Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lives and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.

- The Shadow of the Wind; Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“Forget the sky, I whisper.You and I are rooted things.”

— Loueva Smith, from “Bird Fallen from a Tree,” Consequences of a Moonless Night (Texas Review Press, 2015)

For every woman in the world, knowledge and communication are the finest form of self-defence. That empowerment lies in comprehending ourselves as beasts and in accepting ourselves as we were built

Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body; Sara Pascoe

“you died screaming, yet the monster who took your place was silent.”

— you are a weapon, and weapons do not weep | h.a (via spideromanoff)

“I never was a child / I was pulled right out of the sea / And the salt, it never left my body…”

— Chelsea Wolfe, from They’ll Clap When You’re Gone

When someone leaves you, they should only be able to take their love with them, not your house or your stuff. Vice versa, you should never be imprisoned in an unhappy relationship because you can’t afford to leave. Economics underwrite love – any human who cannot support herself is vulnerable to others, and if we romanticise that vulnerability, if we continue to idealise it, we’re permitting the infantilisation of women and maybe even creating victims.

Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body; Sara Pascoe