[neil-gaiman]

We have an obligation to read aloud to our children. To read them things they enjoy. To read to them stories we are already tired of. To do the voices, to make it interesting, and not to stop reading to them just because they learn to read to themselves. Use reading-aloud time as bonding time, as time when no phones are being checked, when the distractions of the world are put aside

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/15/neil-gaiman-future-libraries-reading-daydreaming?CMP=twt_gu

This quote speaks to me, because as a teacher of secondary school, the amount of times 14, 15 and even 16 year olds ask me to ‘do the voices’ or say that their parents never read to them breaks my heart

(via hotgravelpit)

[writeworld-blog]

I met, not long ago, a young man who aspired to become a novelist. Knowing that I was in the profession, he asked me to tell him how he should set to work to realize his ambition. I did my best to explain. “The first thing,” I said, “is to buy quite a lot of paper, a bottle of ink, and a pen. After that you merely have to write.”

Aldous Huxley (via writingquotes)

[lordbyrons]

[clareithromycin]

[youraveragebadass]

Now THAT is good advertising…..

[danglingthpider]

[crashtotheothershore]

BLESS YOU GILES

[spodiddly]

[lordbyrons]

[rainshaded]

[jellybabiesandfishcustard]

The Doctor and his Companions + Scarf

[ericfrench2rosepine]

Watching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. When people rub Ferengi ears, is that the equivalent of masturbating? How long has Star Trek been masturbating Ferengi on tv?

[redskirtsgreenladies-blog]

DS9: “Trials and Tribble-ations”: Something new! A third set of unnamed Starfleet personnel.