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"She's a princess asleep in an old castle where time's stopped, clinging to dreams of a lost dynasty, I thought."

The overwhelming reality is: we live in a world where almost everything is worthless and a very few things are exceptionally valuable.

Wendell achieves a state of mindfulness by imagining he is floating in a beautiful lake until his mind empties of everyday worries.
Soon he is aware of himself, but no longer worried about money, work, family or whether he left the taps on.
Many home insurance policies now cover Acts of Mindfulness.

The 2nd in the series did not disappoint!

Ciao a tutti!
Come state? Io sono venuta a Trento e come una lettore mi interessano le librerie. (Lavoravo per un anno in una libreria)
Quale libreria frequentate voi in Italia? Ho già visitato Feltrinelli e Mondadori. Qui ho trovato una piccola libreria che mi piace molto e che si chiama Giunti al Punto.

"Elves," Blitz shrugged. "They have a low tolerance for anything that isn't perfect - music, art, appearances. Their own children."

Macbeth:"(...) Away, and mock the time with fairest show: False face must hide what the false heart doth know."

Finding books to read is fairly easy, the problem is choosing what to read next...
#diomio #poveraio #itain'tmyfaultI'vegotsomuchtoread #welltechnicallyitismyfault

In the 700 years between Hildegard of Bingen and Jane Austen women writing was frowned upon, because it required Thought, which interfered with childbirth.

"Women who ventured outside the Domestic Sphere were known as Fallen Women. There were 6,722 Fallen Women. (...) There were many ways of becoming Fallen, including having a side-parting, having your own mind, speaking out loud instead of just thinking it, not remaining a virgin after giving birth. (...) Only women could fall."