there is bravery in being soft

Heidi and a goat by Jessie Willcox Smith (1863–1935 American)

Date 1922

Frontispiece in Heidi by Johanna Spyri, 1922 edition.

Source : Johanna Spyri, "Heidi", David McKay Company, 1922, cover image.

Jessie Willcox Smith (September 6, 1863 – May 3, 1935) was an American illustrator during the Golden Age of American illustration. She was considered "one of the greatest pure illustrators".

A genuinely good book lends itself to rereading.

It gives you the opportunity to be generous and gift copies to friends.

It serves as an avenue for conversation with house guests.

Sometimes you dislike a book when you start to read it and put it aside, only to pick it up again at a later date and fall in love.

You may have a quote only obliquely remembered pop into mind, and it will drive you slowly insane until you are able to find it. A personal library is an unabridged commonplace book.

Ownership means that you do not need to be precious with the books and can mark them, tote them, and fold them as needed to truly understand the text and enjoy the experience.

Life is unpredictable, and you cannot anticipate which books will be relevant and which will not. A wide range of books is simply an increased number of resources.

Reasons not to collect a lot of books:

Getting to a text or notification in 15 minutes versus 2 hours changes absolutely nothing about the outcome of a situation

You forget 80% of what you scrolled through at the end of the day

There’s absolutely no image on Pinterest, no post on Tumblr, no story on Instagram that could be as novel as reading a book you’ve never read and the dopamine release from finishing it and soaking it in

it can literally wait. It’s not the end of the world. Your brain will make it seem that way but it’s not

Phones are built like slot machines (same exact mechanism) so don’t be too hard on yourself

But also consider how much progress you’d make in your goals if you siphoned some of that screen time into whatever goals you’ve had forever

you don’t need to live a no phone lifestyle, it’s about portions

this is funnier every time i read it

the way this is written there is no impetus for boromir to describe and blow the horn. i am picturing that 'off-screen' so to speak, maybe pippin or somebody pointed to the horn of gondor and said 'hey whats that' and the answer was OH ITS SUPER LOUD ITS TOTALLY SICK LET ME SHOW YOU FWEET FWEEEEEEEEET but maybe that didn't happen and boromir really did this with zero provocation.

everyone in rivendell freaked out

'friendo, do not blow that thing again until you are back in your own country, and even then, it had better be dire'