“PHEBE: Good shepherd, tell this youth what ‘tis to love.
SILVIUS: It is to be all made of sighs and tears;— And so am I for Phebe.”
William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“for your brother and my sister no sooner met, but they looked; no sooner looked, but they loved; no sooner loved, but they sighed; no sooner sighed, but they asked one another the reason; no sooner knew the reason, but they sought the remedy: and in these degrees have they made pair of stairs to marriage,”
William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“I’ll tell thee, Aliena, I cannot be out of the sight of Orlando: I’ll go find a shadow, and sigh till he come.”
William Shakespeare, As You Like It
Day 23—A book you wanted to read for a long time but still haven’t
Like any reader, I have many many books in my to-read list. I chose those 3 the same way I could’ve chosen 3 different ones, but that doesn’t make it less true. I have all those books (Pessoa’s on paper, in Spanish, here in my bookshelf; the other two in my Kindle, in English) and every time I see them I think: I have to read them NOW! But I haven’t, yet.
“ROSALIND: Now tell me how long you would have her, after you have possessed her.
ORLANDO: For ever and a day.
ROSALIND: Say “a day,” without the “ever.” No, no,
Orlando: men are April when they woo, December when they wed: maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives.”
William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“I have neither the scholar’s melancholy, which is emulation; nor the musician’s, which is fantastical; nor the courtier’s, which is proud; nor the soldier’s, which is ambitious; nor the lawyer’s, which is politic; nor the lady’s, which is nice; nor the lover’s, which is all these: but it is a melancholy of mine own, compounded of many simples, extracted from many objects: and, indeed, the sundry contemplation of my travels; in which my often rumination wraps me in a most humorous sadness.”
William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“I pray you do not fall in love with me, For I am falser than vows made in wine: Besides, I like you not.”
William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“Thou tell’st me there is murder in mine eye: ‘Tis pretty, sure, and very probable, That eyes,—that are the frail’st and softest things, Who shut their coward gates on atomies,— Should be called tyrants, butchers, murderers! Now I do frown on thee with all my heart; And if mine eyes can wound, now let them kill thee.”
William Shakespeare, As You Like It
Day 22—Favorite book you own
I was gonna skip that question, because basically, I own all the books I like (even if I first read them from the library or via Kindle, I end up buying them)—But I thought instead of telling you I’d show you.
The first pic is my study room, and you can’t actually see all the books because there’s a second row. The second pic is the living room, and there’s also a double row in every shelf. So, yeah, I kinda live in a library. There’s more in the bedrooms, and more in my father’s study. But you get the idea…
I’ve wrote some of my favourite titles (only SOME), see if you can spot more books! :D
