Megan West(erby)

"Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back. That’s part of what it means to be alive. But inside our heads - at least that’s where I imagine it - there’s a little room where we store those memories. A room like the stacks in this library, and to understand the workings of our own heart we have to keep on making new reference cards. We have to dust things off every once in awhile, let in fresh air, change the water in the flower vases. In other words, you’ll live forever in your own private library."

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Haruki Murakami (via starcrossed-lovers, libraryland) (via tffny) (via lyriquediscorde) (via northerndownpour)

I’ll admit I’m imagining the library in my head to be like the one in the Doctor Who episode “Silence in the Library.”

Also: amazing quote, perfectly needed right now.

6 September 2010 ·