“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” — commonly attributed to Ernest Hemingway But did this quote really come from him? #Hemingway #booksky #writer #quote #art #Aillume

*Stupid is as stupid does.*

Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is 'elephant'. ― Charlie Chaplin #CharlieChaplin #quote #aillume

Find A Night That Feels Like This

“I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.” ― Emily Dickinson What would your lantern illuminate if you looked for yourself right now? #EmilyDickinson #Quote #poem #Booksky #lightandshadow #vss365 #Aillume

Is it just me, or does the Mona Lisa follow you with her eyes? #vss365 #MonaLisa #davinci #Paris #France #thoughts #Art #Aillume

"Be bad, but at least don't be a liar, a deceiver!" ― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina #LeoTolstoy #quote #book #writer #Aillume

"A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us." ― Franz Kafka But are those the only books truly worth the name, books that wield axes? #Quotes #Aillume #FranzKafka #booksky #amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #book #art #inspiration

"Seldom have I known any profound being that had anything to say to this world, unless forced to stammer out something by way of getting a living. Oh! happy that the world is such an excellent listener!" ― Herman Melville, Moby Dick Melville's irony becomes prophecy. #HermanMelville #booksky

"I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude." ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden #Thoreau #Quotes #Booksky #Art #Ocean #Nature

This might just be the most beautiful smile of Jane Austen you've ever seen #JaneAusten #booksky #vss365 #amwriting #blueskyartshow

Wake Me Up When September Ends #Autumn #September #quill #vss365 #amreading #booksky

Love stories in our heads are always more romantic than real life. #amreading #amwriting #thoughts #sunset #light #spirituality #nature #sunrise #bluesky #landscape #writingcommunity #Fantasy #dream #Art

Just sitting here, soaking in the quiet of late summer. How do I even say goodbye to this? #Summer #tree #goodbye #peaceful #scape #words #amreading

Which writer do you think has a way with words that makes things jump off the page? #booksky

The greatest distance in the world #6: Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson It's amazing. They were both great poets from the same time and country, but they never met. #booksky #writingcommunity #amwriting #amreading #reader #bookstagram #poet #EmilyDickinson #WaltWhitman #Art #blueskyartshow

“Let me be that I am and seek not to alter me.” ― William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing #Shakespeare #Quote #booksky #blueskyartshow #bloomscrolling #soul #butterfly #writingcommunity

#booksky #writingcommunity #amwriting #Life #scape #nature #Quote #Art

The woman writer is waiting for a lover who’ll never return. And maybe… that’s the whole story. #writingcommunity #soul #life #writers #booksky #moody #author #romantic #story #love #sea #scape #waiting #vss365 #bookstagram #Art

Who's your muse? #Muse #inspiration #music #Abstract #painting #booksky #reading #art #blueskyartshow

Find A Butterfly That Feels Like This #castle #wall #Era #period #Butterfly #scape #sky #cloudy #historic #Architecture #Design #nature #gloomy #weather #Insects #animal

#Quote #Booksky #TheGreatGatsby #Library

Everyone sees the elephant in the room, but who's ignoring it? #elephant #room #matters #issues #pretend #sarcasm #amwriting #news #stupid #coverup #blueskyartshow

In a place like this with no phones, just stories and silence... how long would you stay? #booksky #Library #writingcommunity #books #vintage #amwriting #Life #design

On this midsummer night, may Shakespeare stand by your side.

Astrid Aillume@aillume.bsky.social · last yr.

Astrid Aillume wonders #2: If you could travel back in time and meet Shakespeare on a midsummer night, what would the scene be like? If you could recite a poem with Shakespeare, which one would you choose? #TimeTravel #aillume #ShowerThoughts #poem #writer #booksky #summer #sunset #Shakespeare

“I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine.” ― Emily Dickinson #Booksky #books #wrting #writer #blueskyartshow #Quote #writingcommunity #amwriting #inspiration #writingroom #word #EmilyDickinson

Jane Austen Forever 16 December 1775 - 18 July 1817 In Memory #JaneAusten #booksky #amwriting #writers #author #July #Summer #memory #Loving #Love #Classic #Masterpiece #literature #ArtYear

They say an elephant never forgets... except when it comes to promises. #Sarcasm #Joke #scandal #red #elephant #satire #coverup #awareness #Truth #dismiss #guilty #writingcommunity #trending #files #Life

Find A Philosopher Who Feels Like This #Philosopher #Moon #Ancient #Building #Stone #greek #historic #Truth #FindOut

What is imagination for a writer? Just open a window, and suddenly you're seeing castles, galaxies, or anything you can dream of. #booksky #amwriting #books #castles #galaxies #mountain #writer