A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…
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HBO / Robin Edds / BuzzFeed
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HBO / Robin Edds / BuzzFeed
“I felt like a racehorse in a world without racetracks.” - Sylvia Plath.
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2. "It's so difficult to describe depression to someone who's never been there, because it's not sadness. I know sadness. Sadness is to cry and to feel. But it's that cold absence of feeling— that really hollowed-out feeling."
— J.K. Rowling
Suggested by Mollyanne Bryan, via Facebook.
3. "In addition to my other numerous acquaintances, I have one more intimate confidant… My depression is the most faithful mistress I have known — no wonder, then, that I return the love."
— Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
Suggsted by Camilla Møldrup Jensen, via Facebook
4. "I don't know if you've ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or just not exist. Or just not be aware that you do exist. Or something like that. I think wanting that is very morbid, but I want it when I get like this. That's why I'm trying not to think. I just want it all to stop spinning."
— Stephen Chbosky, Perks of Being a Wallflower
Suggested by Naomi Pilgrim, via Facebook.
From short stories to thrillers and true stories, 2015 was a pretty great year.
A beautifully written novel which spans three generations, Clade explores relationships, family, and the urgency of time in a apocalyptic world. Adam is a scientist who has to keep his family together while surviving plagues and the potential demise of the planet. Despite this, the book is hopeful and thought-provoking.
Penguin
Plagued with discontent since childhood, Richard Kline experiences something as a middle-aged man which changes the way he sees the world. This novel follows him in his quest to find meaning, using everything from meditation to medication. An exploration of human nature and desire, it is an essential read for anyone who is lacking inspiration.
Penguin
Rosie Batty has become an outspoken advocate for victims of domestic violence, after her abusive ex-husband murdered her 11-year-old son last year. This incredibly moving book tells her story, how she got to a point where she was living in an abusive relationship, and the many ways it affected her. A must-read for every Australian.
Harper Collins
Set in England in 1255, 17-year-old Sarah decides to become an Anchoress - a woman who chooses a life of seclusion and prayer. Facing a lifetime living in a cell that measures only seven by nine paces, Sarah realises she may come to regret her choice, especially when she begins to hear the voice of the cell's previous inhabitant whispering to her.
Harper Collins
Fan fiction: something critics point and laugh at all the time but secretly read. Excerpted from Luke Skywalker Can’t Read: And Other Geeky Truths.
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The Nike of geek interests. We don't know what part of our souls we're losing by consuming their products and we don't want to know.
Something critics point and laugh at all the time but secretly read.
A literary hoax designed by C. S. Lewis to take the heat off of the fact that so many people were looking for the real entry points into Narnia.
“Never get out of bed.”
Disney
Disney
Disney
Emma Watson actually IS Hermione.
Christmas is coming.
Build your kingdom.
HBO Store, $59.99
You don't need to be a king to eat like one.
Amazon, $21.41 (Hardcover), $13.99 (Kindle)
"When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die."
Etsy, $7.25
Show your affiliation with the Night's Watch.
Amazon, $16.99
Find the women's version here.
Just image the Dillon Panthers as a Quidditch team. PICTURE IT.
NBC
NBC
This is very important.
Warner Bros.
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