68 ratings (3.93 avg)
0 reviews

Kim Like

Kim’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (148)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (68)
5-stars‎ (1)
action-adventure‎ (1)
adventure‎ (1)
all-time-favorites‎ (1)
book-club‎ (1)
books‎ (1)
books-i-own‎ (1)
bookshelf‎ (1)
ebook‎ (1)

ebooks‎ (1)
faves‎ (1)
favorite‎ (1)
favorite-books‎ (1)
favorites‎ (1)
favourites‎ (1)
favs‎ (1)
finished‎ (1)
i-own‎ (1)
kindle‎ (1)
loved‎ (1)
my-books‎ (1)

my-favorites‎ (1)
my-library‎ (1)
novel‎ (1)
novels‎ (1)
on-my-shelf‎ (1)
own‎ (1)
own-it‎ (1)
owned‎ (1)
owned-books‎ (1)
re-read‎ (1)
read-more-than-once‎ (1)
reread‎ (1)

teen‎ (1)
teen-fiction‎ (1)
wishlist‎ (1)
ya‎ (1)
ya-books‎ (1)
ya-fiction‎ (1)
ya-lit‎ (1)
young-adult‎ (1)
young-adult-fiction‎ (1)
young-adults‎ (1)

Stats | More…

“These enquiries of mine, then, clearly show that Heracles is an ancient god. So I think those Greeks did just right who established two kinds of cult for Heracles, in one of which they sacrifice to Heracles as an immortal god—Olympian Heracles, as he is known—while in the other they make offerings to him as a hero.”
― Robin A.H. Waterfield, The Histories

36 likes

“To gaze into another persons face is to do two things: to recognise their humanity and to assert your own.”
― Lawrence Hill, Someone Knows My Name

tags: humanity, people, relationships

182 likes

“Always learn poems by heart,' she said. 'They have to become the marrow in your bones. Like fluoride in the water, they'll make your soul impervious to the world's soft decay.”
― Janet Fitch, White Oleander

tags: poetry

13 likes

“What a lot of hairy-faced men there are around nowadays.”
― Roald Dahl, The Twits

tags: humor

11 likes

“There was something different about her, though I could not say exactly what it was. It was as if she were more certain. If someone were sketching her they would use clear, strong lines, whereas before they might have used faint marks and more shading. She was like a fossil that’s been cleaned and set so everyone can see what it is.”
― Tracy Chevalier, Remarkable Creatures

16 likes

More of Kim’s quotes…