11 books
—
5 voters
Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
manu
https://www.goodreads.com/kyotoswift
“You painted a naked woman because you enjoyed looking at her, put a mirror in her hand and you called the painting “Vanity,” thus morally condemning the woman whose nakedness you had depicted for you own pleasure.”
― Ways of Seeing
― Ways of Seeing
“I am terrified by this dark thing
That sleeps in me;
All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its malignity.
Clouds pass and disperse.
Are those the faces of love, those pale irretrievables?
Is it for such I agitate my heart?
I am incapable of more knowledge.
What is this, this face
So murderous in its strangle of branches? -
Its snaky acids kiss.
It petrifies the will. These are the isolate, slow faults
That kill, that kill, that kill.”
―
That sleeps in me;
All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its malignity.
Clouds pass and disperse.
Are those the faces of love, those pale irretrievables?
Is it for such I agitate my heart?
I am incapable of more knowledge.
What is this, this face
So murderous in its strangle of branches? -
Its snaky acids kiss.
It petrifies the will. These are the isolate, slow faults
That kill, that kill, that kill.”
―
“I felt my heart crack slowly like a pomegranate, spilling its seeds.”
― A Horse Named Sorrow
― A Horse Named Sorrow
“Quien siente mucho, se jode y no encuentra palabras y entonces no habla y es ésa su condena.”
―
―
“Male fantasies, male fantasies, is everything run by male fantasies? Up on a pedestal or down on your knees, it's all a male fantasy: that you're strong enough to take what they dish out, or else too weak to do anything about it. Even pretending you aren't catering to male fantasies is a male fantasy: pretending you're unseen, pretending you have a life of your own, that you can wash your feet and comb your hair unconscious of the ever-present watcher peering through the keyhole, peering through the keyhole in your own head, if nowhere else. You are a woman with a man inside watching a woman. You are your own voyeur.”
― The Robber Bride
― The Robber Bride
manu’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at manu’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,871 books
|
107 friends
320 books
|
34 friends
323 books
|
15 friends
406 books
|
36 friends
378 books
|
21 friends
673 books
|
152 friends
82 books
|
17 friends
2,104 books
|
11,451 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by manu
Lists liked by manu