any type of academia aesthetic is really just sleep deprived kids who stay up late to study yet still wake up extremely early to study again
hoping this coffee fixes my headache and my writing block
Over the Garden Wall
Chapter 9 - Into the Unknown
Only reason I haven’t gone insane is because I romanticise everything.
"It's pouring, the trees are getting greener before my eyes, I love you. I'm almost afraid of the intensity of this happiness."
Vladimir Nabokov, from Letters to Vera tr. by Olga Voronina & Brian Boyd
the literature students
nights spent studying in the library, dozens of books piled on the desk before you
lingering in your favorite bookstore
debating with friends about your favorite authors
old books with faded bindings and handwritten notes in the margins
memorizing your favorite passages to recite back to yourself
overfilled bookshelves, volumes stacked on the floor by your bed
scribbling notes to yourself late at night, then trying to decipher them in the morning
beautiful handwriting scrawled across the page
worn out copies of your favorite books
wishing you could resurrect long-dead authors and poets
ribbon bookmarks tucked between pages
quotes by your favorite authors written on your walls
libraries with bookshelves that tower to the ceiling, books as far as the eye can see
carrying a book with you everywhere you go
fancy volumes with gilded edges
deep analysis, dissecting themes and diction and metaphor
leaning forward in your seat during class, eager to share your insights
researching your favorite authors, beginning to understand why they wrote how they did
handwritten copies of poems pinned up by your desk
the ache of finishing a particularly good book, knowing you’ll never read it for the first time again
annotating writing in your favorite pen
a sense of comfort anywhere you’re surrounded by books
"Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen. Few in pursuit of the goal."
-Friedrich Nietzsche
i just wanna dance to the wind
(via)
=Bookshops=