1195 ratings (3.75 avg)
12 reviews

Shelly

Add friend

Shelly’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (359)
currently-reading‎ (1)

read‎ (1217)
read-in-2017‎ (6)

childrens‎ (4)
adult-fic‎ (2)

horror‎ (2)

Stats | More…

Shelly is Currently Reading

Shelly is currently reading

The Edge of the Sea

by Rachel Carson

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Nov 18, 2020 12:49PM

Shelly’s Quotes

“Never put your faith in a Prince. When you require a miracle, trust in a Witch.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, In the Night Garden

tags: miracles, princes, witches

601 likes

“The first thing you learn in life is you're a fool. The last thing you learn in life is you're the same fool.”
― Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine

390 likes

“Stories have a way of changing faces. They are unruly things, undisciplined, given to delinquency and the throwing of erasers. This is why we must close them up into thick, solid books, so they cannot get out and cause trouble.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

tags: childrens, wisdom

353 likes

“You understand Teacher, don't you, that when you have a mother who's an angel and a father who is a cannibal king, and when you have sailed on the ocean all your whole life, then you don't know just how to behave in school with all the apples and ibexes.”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking

tags: authority, etiquette, humor

78 likes

“Where would you like to go, what would you really like to do with your life?

See Istanbul, Port Said, Nairobi, Budapest. Write a book. Smoke too many cigarettes. Fall off a cliff but get caught in a tree halfway down. Get shot at a few times in a dark alley on a Morrocan midnight. Love a beautiful woman.”
― Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine

198 likes

More of Shelly’s quotes…