More To The Point, They’ve Yet To Think Of A Spell That Our Hermione Can’t Do.

She is sugar, curiosity, and rain.

E. Lockhart, We Were Liars (via the-book-diaries)

And sometimes you held somebody’s hand just to prove that you were still alive, and that another human being was there to testify that fact.

Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl (via the-book-diaries)

I want to look back and say that I was alive. That I didn’t turn my back. That I tried. That I was happy.

Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited (via the-book-diaries)

An early update with Chapter TWO for It Happened One Night. Come check it out and let me know what you think!!

I get fucked up just 'cause I'm scared love's just another drug I have grown a victim to

Perhaps it is true that we do not really exist until there is someone there to see us existing, we cannot properly speak until there is someone who can understand what we are saying in essence, we are not wholly alive until we are loved.

Alain de Botton, Essays in Love (via the-book-diaries)

James: Wait, is Evans actually into me? Quick, I'll make a bad joke and see if she laughs.

James: Hey Evans, did you hear the one about the skeleton who couldn't go to the party? He had no BODY to go with.

Lily: *laughes*

James: Well that's not a fair test - that joke's hilarious

12 Dozen Places To Educate Yourself Online At No Cost

“All education is self-education.  Period.“

It doesn’t matter if you’re sitting in a college classroom or a coffee shop. We don’t learn anything we don’t want to learn.

Those people who take the time and initiative to pursue knowledge on their own are the only ones who earn a real education in this world.  Take a look at any widely acclaimed scholar, entrepreneur or historical figure you can think of.

Formal education or not, you’ll find that he or she is a product of continuous self-education.

If you’re interested in learning something new, this article is for you.  Broken down by subject and/or category, here are several top-notch self-education resources I have bookmarked online over the past few years.

Note that some of the sources overlap between various subjects of education.  Therefore, each has been placed under a specific subject based on the majority focus of the source’s content.

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