Sign in with Facebook
600 books
—
2,063 voters
Sean
https://www.goodreads.com/billy_ruffian
Nonetheless, Braudel’s definitional opposition of capitalism and market economy is misleading. Even in the early modern era, and even in its “upper echelon,” the kind of capitalism taking shape was characterized by a great deal of
...more
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“It is better to be unhappy in love than unhappy in marriage, but some people manage to be both.”
―
―
“All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you: the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and the places and how the weather was. If you can get so that you can give that to people, then you are a writer.”
―
―
“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”
― Essays of Three Decades
― Essays of Three Decades
“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.”
― The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
― The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Sean’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Sean’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,315 books
|
24 friends
1,310 books
|
322 friends
624 books
|
59 friends
1,073 books
|
8 friends
446 books
|
43 friends
62 books
|
10 friends
197 books
|
175 friends
436 books
|
54 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Sean
Lists liked by Sean
