335 ratings (3.93 avg)
4 reviews
more photos (1)

Alison Tanner

Add friend

https://www.goodreads.com/ritzy_burg

Alison’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (1122)

currently-reading‎ (0)

read‎ (338)

Stats | More…

Alison’s Notes & Highlights

The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

4 highlights

“It’s true, I know, that there are more gaps in the island than there used to be. When I was a child, the whole place seemed…how can I put this?…a lot fuller, a lot more real. But as things got thinner, more full of holes, our hearts got ...more

See Alison Tanner’s 16 books with notes and highlights…

Alison’s Quotes

“They will hate you if you are beautiful. They will hate you if you are successful. They will hate you if you are right. They will hate you if you are popular. They will hate you when you get attention. They will hate you when people in their life like you. They will hate you if you worship a different version of their God. They will hate you if you are spiritual. They will hate you if you have courage. They will hate you if you have an opinion. They will hate you when people support you. They will hate you when they see you happy. Heck, they will hate you while they post prayers and religious quotes on Pinterest and Facebook. They just hate. However, remember this: They hate you because you represent something they feel they don’t have. It really isn’t about you. It is about the hatred they have for themselves. So smile today because there is something you are doing right that has a lot of people thinking about you.”
― Shannon L. Alder

tags: abuse, abusive-people, accomplishments, beauty, beotch, bitter-women, blamers, blaming, bringchangetomind-com, bullies

324 likes

“Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. Don't let the bastards grind you down.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

1977 likes

“You must never be fearful of what you are doing when it is right.”
― Marie Curie

54 likes

“Being kind to someone, only to look kind to others, defeats the purpose of being kind.”
― Shannon L. Alder

tags: being-right, compassion, cruelty, fake, fake-kindness, games, guessing, judging, kindness, lack-of-compassion, misunderstanding, no-communication, not-hearing, not-listening, not-understanding, piety, speculation

144 likes

“I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.”
― Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

3779 likes

More of Alison’s quotes…