131 ratings (3.73 avg)
0 reviews

Clarita Teachman

Add friend

Clarita’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (79)

currently-reading‎ (0)

read‎ (131)

Stats | More…

“I saw the world I had walked since my birth and I understood how fragile it was, that the reality was a thin layer of icing on a great dark birthday cake writhing with grubs and nightmares and hunger.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

tags: cake, hunger, reality, world

310 likes

“If you cannot wait for time to unearth roots, you must dig.”
― Nelou Keramati

tags: bonding, bonds, connection, connection-to-others, family, friendship, love, time, tolerance, understanding

37 likes

“I remember Peyton [Manning] called me as soon as I got out to Denver. He started the conversation by asking me, ‘When did you get in?’ We mainly just talked to get familiar with each other.”
― Vernon Davis, Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond

tags: grief, humour, imagination, literary-fiction, love, neighbours, rural-fiction, small-town, small-town-fiction

663 likes

“O victory forget you're underwear we're free.”
― Allen Ginsberg, Howl and Other Poems

14 likes

“Joey was quiet, but finally he said, “This is going to sound really weird . . .”

Alice encouraged him by saying, “I love weird.”

Joey went on, feeling a little better. “One day when I was in the woods by the stream, I heard a voice . . .,” and the whole story tumbled out.”
― Ellen J. Lewinberg, Joey and His Friend Water