Mariano
https://www.goodreads.com/marianosilvher
“the time when any couple has found its balance, and passion has quieted from its early scream, but gratitude is still abundant; what no one realizes are the golden years.”
― Less
― Less
“Twenty years of joy and support and friendship, that’s a success. Twenty years of anything with another person is a success. If a band stays together twenty years, it’s a miracle. If a comedy duo stays together twenty years, they’re a triumph. Is this night a failure because it will end in an hour? Is the sun a failure because it’s going to end in a billion years? No, it’s the fucking sun. Why does a marriage not count? It isn’t in us, it isn’t in human beings, to be tied to one person forever.”
― Less
― Less
“She told me she met the love of her life,” Zohra says at last, still staring out the window. “You read poems about it, you hear stories about it, you hear Sicilians talk about being struck by lightning. We know there’s no love of your life. Love isn’t terrifying like that. It’s walking the fucking dog so the other one can sleep in, it’s doing taxes, it’s cleaning the bathroom without hard feelings. It’s having an ally in life. It’s not fire, it’s not lightning. It’s what she always had with me. Isn’t it? But what if she’s right, Arthur? What if the Sicilians are right? That it’s this earth-shattering thing she felt? Something I’ve never felt. Have you?”
― Less
― Less
“His brain sits before its cash register again, charging him for old shames as if he has not paid before”
― Less
― Less
“Maybe there were no villains in my mother’s story at all. Just men and women, trying to do their best by each other. And failing.”
― The Heart's Invisible Furies
― The Heart's Invisible Furies
Goodreads Librarians Group
— 326369 members
— last activity 4 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
Mariano’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mariano’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Polls voted on by Mariano
Lists liked by Mariano










































