Sign in with Facebook
“Yea, I know, Fallen Angel got your tongue; it happens to the best of us.”
― The Watchers: The Tomb
― The Watchers: The Tomb
“There are two types of men, Karolina. The ones who can admire the greatness of the little flower. Or the ones who try to control it.”
― Karolina Dalca, Dark Eyes
― Karolina Dalca, Dark Eyes
“Out of that kitchen came food not only that I had never tasted, but that I hadn’t even dreamed of tasting. Gumbo, corn jacks and blackened fish was just the start of many dishes. It was like finding all the exotic scents in the world and wrapping as many of them as you can into a dish. Cumin and coriander, paprika, red peppers, anise and fennel, burnt orange peel and chili. It felt like the sailors from every port in the world from Morocco and Madagascar to the coast of Malabar had each brought a spice with them to throw into the cooking pot.”
― Magic Alex and the Secret History of Rock and Roll
― Magic Alex and the Secret History of Rock and Roll
“there is no need to justify what we are. there is no need to work hard to become what we are not. we just need to return to our intergrity, to the way we were before we learned to speak. perfect. as little children, we are authentic. only the present time is real for us; wo don't care about the past, and we aren't worried about the future. we enjoy life; we want to explore and have fun. nobody teaches us to be that way; we are born that way.”
―
―
“While people in today’s affluent societies work an average of forty to forty-five hours a week, and people in the developing world work sixty and even eighty hours a week, hunter-gatherers living today in the most inhospitable of habitats – such as the Kalahari Desert – work on average for just thirty-five to forty-five hours a week. They hunt only one day out of three, and gathering takes up just three to six hours daily. In normal times, this is enough to feed the band. It may well be that ancient hunter-gatherers living in zones more fertile than the Kalahari spent even less time obtaining food and raw materials. On top of that, foragers enjoyed a lighter load of household chores. They had no dishes to wash, no carpets to vacuum, no floors to polish, no nappies to change and no bills to pay.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Fiona’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Fiona’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
146 books
|
17 friends
89 books
|
25 friends
141 books
|
10 friends
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Fiona
Lists liked by Fiona
