May 2013
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thisisantares asked: Are you alive? Come back!
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March 2013
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February 2013
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anonymous asked:
“What are some books you suggest? Have you read The Book Thief before?”
Click for feelings about The Book Thief and some other book recs. And ask me about fantasy/sci-fi recs!
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I remember reading that book for the first time. My dad and I were in a cabin in the mountains—it was winter, he was asleep, and I was curled next to the radiator in the room’s only chair....
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Anonymous asked: Do you actually rip out the last page of books?
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the passage of time
I actually didn’t mean to post this here, and I didn’t know I had until late last night. I feel kind of strange deleting it now. But thank you for appreciating it!
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in that moment you fancied that you could hear her heart, each beat enough to shake the ground beneath you both. you imagined that the bass-hum of music was the slow labor of her muscles, rhythm and rhyme. you...
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Anonymous asked: What's the word for a hard-won battle that has lost too many men, only to gain very little land?
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Anonymous asked: I don't know if this has been asked before but what is the word for the smell of ice or snow, the smell of rain is petrichor; is there one for crystallized water (it has a particular smell I'm not crazy right? lol)
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Anonymous asked: Hello. Do you have a word for a person who has ALOT of ambition and goals ?
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Anonymous asked: the swedish word "fika" (drinking coffee along with eating something sweet), that you tagged as delicious and your personal favorite, means snot in hungarian. :D
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Anonymous asked: asterismos sounds like a cool word.. it is a noun right? could you expound through an example of its usage? does it imply an effect like, say, onomatopoeia?
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guess the number of messages in my box and win a...
That’s my askbox title, if you haven’t seen. Unfortunately, we haven’t found a winner, meaning that nobody has been close. Big hint: If you guessed 0, you think way too highly of my message-management skills. (Another hint: I don’t actually have a prize. Or at least I haven’t thought about actually offering one. But the fun part is guessing, right?)
That said, I’m working this week so I’m super...
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December 2012
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mater—tua replied to your post: What is your most favorite word?
How do you feel about ‘moist’?
AUGH
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Anonymous asked: What is your most favorite word, if not, your most favorite list of words?
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Anonymous asked: The sanskrit phrase शुभ कामनाएँ really means something like blessings and 'I wish you well' etc. Its usually said when greeting someone for a festival and things like that. So it could sort of mean good luck. And its pronounced as shubh- kaam-na-yein (the last 'n' being only the nasal sound - sorry im a pronunciation nazi!)
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Anonymous asked: do you know the sanskrit word for 'good luck' or just 'luck'? :)
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