Goodreads Quotes

“I've learned, my dear—never give your heart away to a man who doesn't want or deserve it.”
― Amanda Adams, The Voyeur's Yacht

“I agree that it's a shame some books have to suffer ratings that clearly are invalid. However I can't think of a way to prevent it, and I didn't see any ideas in the thread either (I did skim though).

I hope you'll appreciate that if we just start deleting ratings whenever we feel like it, that we've gone down a censorship road that doesn't take us to a good place.”
― Otis Y. Chandler

“Jerusalem takes you in and puts you under its exotic, opulent spell in a way few other cities can.”
― Amanda Adams, The Voyeur's Yacht

“He had the most sublime wit, and you never knew what was going to come out of his mouth.”
― Amanda Adams, The Voyeur's Yacht

“Many people have been protesting against what they describe as censorship on Goodreads. I disagree. In fact, I would like to say that I welcome the efforts that Goodreads management is making to improve the deplorably low quality of reviewing on this site.

Please, though, just give me clearer guidelines. I want to know how to use my writing to optimize Amazon sales, especially those of sensitive self-published authors. This is a matter of vital importance to me, and outweighs any possible considerations of making my reviews interesting, truthful, creative or entertaining.”
― Manny Rayner

“Being a force of nature is fortifying your mind, body, soul, and spirit to wake up every day, living in your creation, and championing for yourself, for others, and your dreams.”
― Chitra D. Nawbatt

“At your next book club meeting, picture me sitting quietly in the corner, taking notes on your preferences. Imagine the next day you get an email from me trying to sell you a new grill — or a book — or accessories for your Glock. That's the Amazon/Goodreads deal. It's appalling. But everywhere in the press, you'll read about the genius of Amazon."
(Michael Herrmann and the booksellers of Gibson's)”
― G.R. Reader, Off-Topic: The Story of an Internet Revolt

“I'm not wise, but I read a lot of novels.”
― Elena Ferrante, The Lying Life of Adults

“I liked the thought that the book I was now holding had been held by dozens of others.”
― Doris Kearns Goodwin, Wait Till Next Year

“Your insensitivity neither lets me live nor die,
Your betrayal lets me neither smile nor cry,
I can't stand this parting of shores,
Be mine or make me yours.”
― Hareem Ch, Another World

“If a book could speak, it might reveal the happiness it feels from being held every day.”
― Pamela Cox, Tales of Habib the Hoaxter: Sometimes Hoaxed, Always Good for a Laugh

“The GR site has acquired its market value through the work of its community.”
― G.R. Reader, Off-Topic: The Story of an Internet Revolt

“The words of wisdom for today:
Do not read anything that sucks!”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“Sometimes, life doesn’t ask for perfection. It asks for intentions.”
― Stephen O. Nyadida

“Good writing is seldom written but gets written.”
― BS Murthy

“I told Chess pretty much everything, but one thing I'd kept carefully hidden from her was the existence of Goodreads. If she ever took to writing reviews, she would definitely make some people cry.”
― Jodi McAlister, An Academic Affair

“The seeker sets out not by any clocks or calendars, but with the calling of the heart.”
― Cagla Meydan, Journey to Red Dawn: The Torch of Life

“Work on yourself to be the best version of yourself. For your are the ultimate driver to your destined destination.”
― Zinny Ekechukwu

“Work on yourself to be the best version of yourself. For you are the ultimate driver to your destined destination.”
― Zinny Ekechukwu

“Expecting someone to see your reality is like asking them to look through your eyes.
- Wren Avery”
― Wren Avery, The Child She Left Behind: A Psychological Thriller: A Mother's Search Collides With a Global Nightmare

“Her words stabbed me like a knife. As a psychiatrist, I had encountered a lot of repulsive characters, but this was a new experience for me. My experience taught me that every emotion has a deeper bearing, and extreme emotions are mostly a fortress around a vulnerable core.”
― Udai Yadla, Maybe Love Maybe Not

“You can never achieve greatness without encountering failure because greatness has no meaning without misfortune.”
― Zinny Ekechukwu

“Responsibility is an accountability of action.”
― Zinny Ekechukwu

“True leaders are those who take responsibility of letting those under their leadership help them do well.”
― Zinny Ekechukwu

“The great part of becoming a great person is by showing up. Make the world believe you can and you can do it well.”
― Zinny Ekechukwu

“Until you win, you will always think nothing is changing at all.”
― Zinny Ekechukwu

“Novels expose man to the nuances of life through the thought process of their protagonists to form the foundation for its understanding and thus are the best self-help books there ever were.”
― B.S. Murthy, Jewel-less Crown: Saga of Life

“A mountaineer who can descend from the summit is a good mountaineer; otherwise, he is a dead one.”
― Cagla Meydan, Journey to Red Dawn: The Torch of Life

“Words are like bullets, once they’re fired, they never come back.”
― Ayoub Imilouane

“The hardest battles are often fought quietly behind forced smiles, sleepless nights, and the determination to never give up.”
― Mihran Kalaydjian