I'm Laala and I'm 22 years old. This is mainly a book blog: reviews, photographs, quotes. I also post anything that tickles my fancy.
Reach me at distantheartbeats@gmail.com.
I'm the founder and editor in chief of an online literary magazine, Write Me a Metaphor. I'm also a poet, and you can buy my book on Amazon.
My other tumblrs: Discourse on Life | A Burst of Colour | One Door to Another.
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[2009: Books | Movies | Concerts | Theatre] [2010: Books | Movies | Concerts | Theatre]
[2011: Books | Movies | Concerts | Theatre]
~ Wednesday, May 16 ~
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Life was the correct apparatus; it was heresy to think otherwise; but meanwhile the cross had to be borne, here and now.
— John Fowles, The French Lieutenant’s Woman
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~ Saturday, May 5 ~
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It was a splendid morning too. Like the pulse of a perfect heart, life struck straight through the streets. There was no fumbling — no hesitation.
— Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway
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~ Tuesday, May 1 ~
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Places I’d rather be: Barcelona.
Actually, I’d rather be anywhere but here. I have an exam tomorrow that I’m completely unprepared for, my final essay due next week, and more exams following that. I’m starting to hyperventilate at the thought of mucking anything up and not being able to graduate. I really can’t wait for this month to be over.

Places I’d rather be: Barcelona.

Actually, I’d rather be anywhere but here. I have an exam tomorrow that I’m completely unprepared for, my final essay due next week, and more exams following that. I’m starting to hyperventilate at the thought of mucking anything up and not being able to graduate. I really can’t wait for this month to be over.

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~ Friday, April 27 ~
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God, the capacity some people have to make me smile (sometimes for hours after I’ve left them) just by sitting across from me, having a cup of coffee, and being themselves.

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~ Saturday, April 21 ~
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Weird fact: I can carry a tune better in Arabic than I can in English. I have no idea why. I wouldn’t have thought that musical aptitude would differ linguistically. My mum reckons it’s because Arabic is a more naturally musical language than English is, but I don’t know. It’s bloody weird!

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~ Thursday, April 12 ~
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He could even be grateful in a sense that he had no particular area of interest: in avoiding specific goals he had avoided specific limitations. For the time being the world, life itself, could be his chosen field.
— Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road
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~ Wednesday, April 11 ~
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  • A lecturer (who I know by face but not by name) was running around the building trying to get stuff done today (seriously sprinting fast), and he kept bumping into me and apologising. After the third time, I called out after him.
  • Me: You run as if the very whip of your master was behind you.
  • He came barrelling back down the stairs, took me by the shoulders, and said: Why are you in none of my classes?
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I did some spring cleaning yesterday, trying to get the state of my apartment crisp and neat in order to be able to study better. I moved some piles of books in front of the telly so that switching it on for a little bit is not an option.

I did some spring cleaning yesterday, trying to get the state of my apartment crisp and neat in order to be able to study better. I moved some piles of books in front of the telly so that switching it on for a little bit is not an option.

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He had only to open his eyes; but a weight was on them; a fear.
— Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway
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