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  • Odetta by Rag’n’Bone Man

    This is such a gorgeous song.   You were always tryna fill the void, my brother A habit so old, tryna find that something new Never stare in the arms of a lover Seeking darkness wherever light may shine through Along came a morning of another Blindsided by your sweet surprise Odetta, don’t you know […]

    Being Tori

    05.04.17
    Music, Videos
    ballad, music, Odetta, Rag’n’Bone Man, TAKE IT!
  • Quoted: Love in the Time of Cholera

    Human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.

    Being Tori

    04.23.17
    Book Challenge 2016, Books, Images, Quoted
    am reading, Book Challenge, fiction, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, literature, Love in the Time of Cholera, love story, Quoted, still reading
  • Ramble Ramble Rosie

    Have I told you about my friend Rosie? She’s very smart, and very funny, and my partner in crime when it comes to creating book challenges. She recently started a bookstagram account, too, and it’s simply gorgeous. If you aren’t following her already, you should be.

    Being Tori

    03.29.17
    I stole this, Images
    books, Bookstagram, Instagram, Ramble Ramble Rosie, Talented friends
  • The Mortal Instruments+ by Cassandra Clare

    So . . . it’s the end of March, officially spring already, and I’m just now diving into this year’s book challenge (and no—I still haven’t finished 2016). But boy, did I jump in with a vengeance. Now, you may remember that when we came up with this year’s challenge, Rosie and I decided that we […]

    Being Tori

    03.29.17
    Book Challenge 2017, Books, One-Liners
    Alec Lightwood, Bane Chronicles, Book Challenge, Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes, City of Bones, City of Fallen Angels, City of Glass, City of Heavenly Fire, City of Lost Souls, Clary Fray, COHF, COLS, fantasy, Isabelle Lightwood, Magnus Bane, Series, shadowhunters, Simon Lewis, take it or leave it, TAKE IT!, The Mortal Instruments, TMI COA, TMI COB, TMI COFA, TMI COG, vampires, werewolves, YA
  • Imagine by Pentatonix

    An incredibly beautiful rendition of my all time favourite song. Pentatonix is a phenomenal group.   Imagine there’s no Heaven It’s easy if you try No Hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today Imagine there’s no countries It isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no […]

    Being Tori

    03.13.17
    Music, Videos
    acapella, Imagine, John Lennon cover, music, Pentatonix, TAKE IT!
  • Quoted: NW

    What is the fear? It is something to do with death and time and age. Simply: I am eighteen in my mind I am eighteen and if I do nothing if I stand still nothing will change. I will be eighteen always. For always. Time will stop. I’ll never die. Very banal, this fear. Everyone […]

    Being Tori

    03.10.17
    Book Challenge 2017, Books, Images, Quoted
    Authors of Colour, Book Challenge, books, literature, NW, Pete Recommended, Quoted, Zadie Smith
  • Fearless Girl

    I love this statue and what she represents. I only wish she was able to stay, that she could defiantly stand forever in the face of fear, adversity, anger, sexism, and show women for generations that we can take a stand, that we should fight for what we want and for what we deserve, and […]

    Being Tori

    03.09.17
    Videos
    Fearless Girl, International Women’s Day, New York, Statue
  • The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan

    Yes, I’m still working on my 2016 book challenge. Since The Painted Girls fulfilled the “something your mom recommends” category, I present to you my genius mother’s review: “This book called my name from several places—bookstores, airports, discount chains—so I finally gave in and purchased it. Having a niece in the ballet industry, combined with my […]

    Being Tori

    03.04.17
    Book Challenge 2016, Books, I stole this, One-Liners
    Art, Ballet, Book Challenge, books, Cathy Marie Buchanan, Degas, historical fiction, Mom Reviews, Painted Girls, Painting, Paris, TAKE IT!, The Painted Girls
  • The Jungle Book

    Bill Murray as Baloo is my life: “Come on, Mowgli. Let’s be on our way.” —Bagheera “But I’m helping Baloo get ready for hibernation.” —Mowgli “Bears don’t hibernate in the jungle.” —Bagheera “Not full hibernation, but I nap. A lot.” —Baloo In addition, I applaud Jon Favreau for taking this on and thank him for recreating […]

    Being Tori

    01.19.17
    Movies, One-Liners
    Bagheera, Baloo, Ben Kingsley, Bill Murray, Christopher Walken, Disney, family fun, Idris Elba, Jungle Book, Kids movie, Mowgli, Neel Sethi, Rudyard Kipling, Scarlett Johansoon, TAKE IT!
  • Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol

    You’re smart people, so by now you’ve probably figured out that I’m not the biggest fan of European classics. Dickens certainly did not meet my expectations, great or otherwise, I did not have a whale of a time reading Melville (heh!) and I’m sorry, but for all the fuss about Dorian Gray, his death was my favourite part […]

    Being Tori

    01.17.17
    Book Challenge 2016, Books, One-Liners
    Book Challenge, Chichikov, Dead Souls, fiction, Nikolai Gogol, Russia, Russian, Russian classic, Satire, take it or leave it, translation
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