Sign in with Facebook
Pachinko
by
His Presbyterian minister father had believed in a divine design, and Mozasu believed that life was like this game where the player could adjust the dials yet also expect the uncertainty of factors he couldn’t control. He understood why his
...more
Karlie Morales liked this
“I loved something I made up, something that's just as dead as Melly is. I made a pretty suit of clothes and fell in love with it. And when Ashley came riding along, so handsome, so different, I put that suit on him and made him wear it whether it fitted him or not. And I wouldn't see what he really was. I kept on loving the pretty clothes—and not him at all.”
― Gone with the Wind
― Gone with the Wind
“I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do. I need not sell my soul to buy bliss. I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be withheld, or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
“Tess Durberyfield at this time of her life was a mere vessel of emotion untinctured by experience”
― Tess of The D'Urbervilles
― Tess of The D'Urbervilles
Alexa’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Alexa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
582 books
|
15 friends
445 books
|
24 friends
249 books
|
18 friends
258 books
|
24 friends
511 books
|
107 friends
501 books
|
27 friends
96 books
|
19 friends
1,033 books
|
11 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Alexa
Lists liked by Alexa
