I'm currently reading:
So bright and delicate: Love letters and poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne
Will you please be quiet, please, by Raymond Carver
Books I love:
Saturday, Caribou Island, The Hobbit, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Revolutionary Road, The Great Gatsby, Life of Pi, Therese Raquin, The Underground Man, Mr Toppit, The Believers
Top five authors and poets:
Ian McEwan, Zadie Smith, Audrey Niffeneger, John Keats and J.K. Rowling
Favourite quotes:
‘I have fears that I may cease to be before my pen has glean’d my teeming brain Before high-piled books, in character, hold like rich garners the full ripen’d grain.’
John Keats
‘I have spread my dreams beneath your feet. Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.’
W.B. Yeats, Aedh wishes for the cloths of heaven
‘It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.’
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
‘Times are hard for the dreamers.’
Amelie
‘For the professors, misery is more amenable to analyse: Happiness is a harder nut to crack.’
Saturday, Ian McEwan
Ambition:
To study English at Oxford