To Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores

College grad, working my way to graduate school. Lover of words, coffee, literature, music, nature, poetry, sweets, tea, and travel. Anglophile. Pro oxford comma. Looking for that next great adventure.
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THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL

“The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.” - W. Somerset Maugham

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No matter how many times I see it, Big Ben still brings me to tears. I am so happy to be back in this amazing city even if it’s only for two weeks!

o-delaisse:

Shakespeare and Company.

I’m headed here in a week!

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I think books are like people, in the sense that they’ll turn up in your life when you most need them
Emma Thompson (via iwaschangedforgood)

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Holy crap, I’m waiting to board a plane to London for two weeks! I still can’t believe I’m going back after two whole years of being back in the States. This is going to be quite an adventure!

ineffable-gaudiness:

I am sitting on the heart of this city
Letting it teach me how to say goodbye

Tucking myself into the folds of its hills,
And it feels like crawling into bed with someone who is grumpy in the morning but still loves the shape of your thighs.

When I try to stuff my pockets with keepsakes,
It is only because I am trying to remember the exact street corners where I met every version
Of the self I am trying to become.

I have a feeling this describes my upcoming trip to London and who I was two years ago in that city.

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There’s a lot of beauty in ordinary things. Isn’t that kind of the point?
Pam Beesley 
I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
John Steinbeck (via minusoneday)

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