76,058 books
—
282,610 voters
Roberta
https://www.goodreads.com/robertapvidal
“A mother’s heart breaks a million ways in her lifetime.”
― The Push
― The Push
“When something was strange, everyone thought they had the right to come stomping in all over your life to figure out why. I found that arrogant and infuriating, not to mention a pain in the neck. Sometimes I even wanted to hit them with a shovel to shut them up, like I did that time in elementary school. But I recalled how upset my sister had been when I’d casually mentioned this to her before and kept my mouth shut.”
― Convenience Store Woman
― Convenience Store Woman
“Beauty isn’t a single thing. Beauty is dreaming一it’s different for everyone, and there are so many versions of it that you mostly have no control over how you see it”
― Starfish
― Starfish
“El lenguaje político —y, aunque con variaciones, esto es cierto en el caso de todos los partidos, desde los conservadores hasta los anarquistas— está diseñado para que las mentiras suenen a verdad y los asesinatos parezcan algo respetable; para dar aspecto de solidez a lo que es puro humo.”
― El poder y la palabra: 10 ensayos sobre lenguaje, política y verdad
― El poder y la palabra: 10 ensayos sobre lenguaje, política y verdad
“The normal world has no room for exceptions and always quietly eliminates foreign objects. Anyone who is lacking is disposed of.
So that’s why I need to be cured. Unless I’m cured, normal people will expurgate me. Finally I understood why my family had tried so hard to fix me.”
― Convenience Store Woman
So that’s why I need to be cured. Unless I’m cured, normal people will expurgate me. Finally I understood why my family had tried so hard to fix me.”
― Convenience Store Woman
club lector
— 265 members
— last activity Apr 05, 2024 10:54AM
Para opinar y recomendar libritos ...more
Roberta’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Roberta’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Contemporary: Marriage of Convenience/Arranged Marriage/Business Marriage Bargain
341 books
—
927 voters
More…
Favorite Genres
Chick-lit, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Mystery, Philosophy, Poetry, Romance, Science, Science fiction, Suspense, Thriller, Young-adult, steampunk, retellings, mythology, sports-romance, urban-fantasy, and shapeshifters
Polls voted on by Roberta
Lists liked by Roberta



































































