“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.”
― Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
― Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
“There's the truth, which is what literally happened. And then there's the Truth - what emotionally happened. So much of poetry exists in the capital T.”
― Cross My Heart: A Novel
― Cross My Heart: A Novel
“Explanation is a well-dressed mistake." -Oliveira”
―
―
“By then I knew that everything good and bad left an emptiness when it stopped. But if it was bad, the emptiness filled up by itself. If it was good you could only fill it by finding something better.”
― A Moveable Feast
― A Moveable Feast
“But Paris was a very old city and we were young and nothing was simple there, not even poverty, nor sudden money, nor the moonlight, nor right and wrong nor the breathing of someone who lay beside you in the moonlight.”
― A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition
― A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition
Caitlin’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Caitlin’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Caitlin
Lists liked by Caitlin

























