// modern woman//

creatingaquietmind:

“We are the girls with anxiety disorders, filled appointment books, five-year plans. We take ourselves very, very seriously. We are the peacemakers, the do-gooders, the givers, the savers. We are on time, overly prepared, well read, and witty, intellectually curious, always moving… We pride ourselves on getting as little sleep as possible and thrive on self-deprivation. We drink coffee, a lot of it. We are on birth control, Prozac, and multivitamins… We are relentless, judgmental with ourselves, and forgiving to others. We never want to be as passive-aggressive are our mothers, never want to marry men as uninspired as our fathers… We are the daughters of the feminists who said, “You can be anything,” and we heard, “You have to be everything.””

— - Courtney Martin

so. dead. on.

(Source: oh--sfidalecosebelle)

// I blame the books I have read for the high expectations I have in life and relationships.//

seriously…

(Source: thegirlandherbooks, via teachingliteracy)

// confession: i love old books. especially when they have that musty smell. i feel like they have a history. like there is more to the story than the words within the pages. //

teachingliteracy:

pang-pang-pang

I could just sit in a bookstore because of this reason for hours