76,891 books
—
286,152 voters
“We live through books; we have adventures in them, we lead alternative lives through them. We expand our memories through them. And that sometimes art can offer us more intense experiences of the world than life itself can.”
―
―
“In the Gita, maya becomes the creative power of the Godhead, the primal creative energy that makes unity appear as the world of innumerable separate things with “name and form.” Later”
― The Bhagavad Gita
― The Bhagavad Gita
“Sé que mi familia es así pero este silencio me pesa. Tengo la impresión de tener millones de cosas que decir que, en el fondo, no interesan a nadie. Me viene a la memoria lo que decían los supervivientes de los campos de la última guerra al volver a su hogar: las pesadillas no se cuentan. Los demás no imaginan este género de pesadillas. Se instala, entre ellos y nosotras, una especie de statu quo que parece decir: ‘Estás aquí, se acabó, no hablemos más de ello.”
― For the Love of a Child
― For the Love of a Child
“Venetian laws last but a week. They keep making new laws because no one follows the old ones…. Or enforces them.”
― The Virgins of Venice
― The Virgins of Venice
Jorge’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jorge’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Jorge
Lists liked by Jorge




































