annleen

Add friend
Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about annleen.


Iiveldus
annleen is currently reading
bookshelves: currently-reading, on-hold
Rate this book
Clear rating

progress: 
 
  (page 106 of 232)
Apr 22, 2023 01:24PM

 
Laimamisest. Meel...
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
The Name of the Wind
annleen is currently reading
by Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads Author)
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

progress: 
 
  (page 128 of 662)
Apr 09, 2023 12:52PM

 
See all 6 books that annleen is reading…
Loading...
Chinua Achebe
“The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.”
Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

Machado de Assis
“He was happy because, after such a long study, experimentation, and struggle, he could at last affirm the ultimate truth: there never were and never would be any madmen in Itaguai or anywhere else.”
Machado de Assis, O alienista

Chinua Achebe
“Then listen to me,' he said and cleared his throat. 'It's true that a child belongs to its father. But when a father beats his child, it seeks sympathy in its mother's hut. A man belongs to his fatherland when things are good and life is sweet. But when there is sorrow and bitterness he finds refuge in his motherland. Your mother is there to protect you. She is buried there. And that is why we say that mother is supreme. Is it right that you, Okonkwo, should bring your mother a heavy face and refuse to be comforted? Be careful or you may displease the dead. Your duty is to comfort your wives and children and take them back to your fatherland after seven years. But if you allow sorrow to weigh you down and kill you, they will all die in exile.”
Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe
“If you had been poor in your last life I would have asked you to be rich when you come again. But you were rich. If you had been a coward, I would have asked you to bring courage. But you were a fearless warrior. If you had died young, I would have asked you to get life. But you lived long. So I shall ask you to come again the way you came before.”
Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

Franz Kafka
“He thought back on his family with deep emotion and love. His conviction that he would have to disappear was, if possible, even firmer than his sister's. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful reflection until the tower clock struck three in the morning. He still saw that outside the window everything was beginning to grow light. Then, without his consent, his head sank down to the floor, and from his nostrils streamed his last weak breath.”
Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis

year in books
Remi
6 books | 3 friends



Favorite Genres



Polls voted on by annleen

Lists liked by annleen