Desmond Rivet

http://www.desmondrivet.com/blog

Desmond’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (370)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (408)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
owned‎ (131)
science-fiction‎ (130)
graphic-novels‎ (111)

fantasy‎ (110)
literature‎ (52)
philosophy‎ (28)
technology‎ (18)
young-adult‎ (18)
favorites‎ (16)
children‎ (15)

partially-read‎ (9)
urban-fantasy‎ (8)
batman‎ (6)
horror‎ (6)
mystery‎ (6)
politics‎ (6)
history‎ (5)

science‎ (4)
financial‎ (3)
math‎ (3)
short-stories‎ (3)
carpentry‎ (2)
linguistics‎ (2)
onhold‎ (1)

Stats | More…

Desmond’s Quotes

“If I had a dollar for every time a random woman walked up to me and tried to seduce me, I'd have 50 cents. That's assuming drag queens are half price.”
― Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not for Sale

296 likes

“Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Hocus Pocus

tags: creation, destruction, flawed, human-character, human-nature

494 likes

“This wasn't just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible. This was terrible with raisins in it."

[Women Know Everything!]”
― Dorothy Parker

tags: bad-reviews, fancy, raisins, terrible, wordplay

744 likes

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.”
― Samuel Beckett.

tags: inspirational-quotes

3 likes

“There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: blame, guilt

1013 likes

More of Desmond’s quotes…