sprinkles of dreams

“You don’t know anything about these worlds,” he said, but the fight was bleeding out of his voice. “Sure I do,” countered Lila cheerfully. “There’s Dull London, Kell London, Creepy London, and Dead London,” she recited, ticking them off on her fingers. “See? I’m a fast learner.”

Tracy Chevalier, Girl with a Pearl Earring: A Novel (via quotemadness)

Carter Ames, The Fever King

Laurent & Damen, Kings Rising by C.S. Pacat (via keepholdingontobooks)

“Don’t look at me like that. I am not your answer, and you sure as fuck aren’t mine.”

Madeline Miller, Circe (via tea-alchemist)

“We do.” We do, and that is the thing that tempers the heat beneath my skin, checks the flutter of girlish nerves. This is W e s l e y. My  f r i e n d. My  p a r t n e r. Maybe one day my  C r e w. 

I write a letter when I have a crush so intense I don’t know what else to do. Rereading my letters reminds me of how powerful my emotions can be, how all-consuming. And Margot would say I’m being dramatic, but I think drama can be fun.

— The story of how I died

@chronicintrovert

kaz leaned back. “what’s the easiest way to steal a man’s wallet? “knife to the throat?” asked inej. “gun to the back?” said jesper. “poison in his cup?” suggested nina. “you’re all horrible,” said matthias.

(Kings Rising, C.S. Pacat)

READ IN 2017 »  WE ARE OKAY by NINA LACOUR

The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)

“The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.”  [x]