Because we have smartphones… I think as a generation our collective attention span has been ruined. I hate to admit this because I actually DO always carry a book with me, but if I just only a few minutes to kill (and that’s usually all I have) I usually reach for my phone. :/

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iheartclassics:

Quite true.

Writing is dreaming while you are awake.

margattackz:

words that don’t exist in the english language:

L’esprit d’escalier: (French) The feeling you get after leaving a conversation, when you think of all the things you should have said. Translated it means “the spirit of the staircase.”

Waldeinsamkeit: (German) The feeling of being alone in the woods.

Meraki: (Greek) Doing something with soul, creativity, or love.

Forelsket: (Norwegian) The euphoria you experience when you are first falling in love.

Gigil: (Filipino) The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably cute.

Pochemuchka: (Russian) A person who asks a lot of questions.

Pena ajena: (Mexican Spanish) The embarrassment you feel watching someone else’s humiliation.

Cualacino: (Italian) The mark left on a table by a cold glass.

Ilunga: (Tshiluba, Congo) A person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time, to tolerate it a second time, but never a third time.

yeahwriters:

I would love this. And put it after EVERYTHING.

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