“I do not know if all cops are poets, but I know that all cops carry guns with triggers.”
― Invisible Man
― Invisible Man
“A bird who flies is special. You would never trap a bird who flies" (218).”
― The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
― The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
“As they ate, they spoke of eating, as always happens in Italy.”
― The Shape of Water
― The Shape of Water
“But we are all human, I thought, wondering what I meant.”
― Invisible Man
― Invisible Man
“I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids -- and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. Like the bodiless heads you see sometimes in circus sideshows, it is as though I have been surrounded by mirrors of hard, distorting glass. When they approach me they see only my surroundings, themselves, or figments of their imagination -- indeed, everything and anything except me.”
― Invisible Man
― Invisible Man
Elsa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Elsa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Elsa
Lists liked by Elsa























