So Many Books, So Little Time

‎"لا تهزأ بجرح لمّ تذقهُ". ‎Do not mock a pain you haven’t endured.

The classics get a lot less intimidating once you realize that half of them are about characters having an ongoing crisis at their 20s 

I am not everything I want to be, but I am more than I was, and I’m still learning

Learn to communicate when you’re not comfortable with something or someone, instead of being passive aggressive or hostile for no reason. This helps avoid unnecessary drama and conflicts in your relationships.

Jane Austen was really out there 200 years ago writing lines like “If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more” that to this day are still so swoon-worthy.

Anyway...roughly 50% of these + tons of other works by POC, women, and LGBTQIA authors are on my bookshop. If you’re feeling shop-y, just hit the link on my pinned post ;)

The myth of Achilles, but instead of holding him by the heel, Thetis sumberges him fully so that Achilles is completely invulnerable and Thetis has one invulnerable hand.

She only needs one oven mitt when taking cookies out of the oven.