“I saw the bumpy shape of my skull, I saw myself shorn and revealed. I wandered in a dream around the city, glimpsing in shop windows a strange creature with my face.”
― Monkey Grip
― Monkey Grip
“This sudden sweet loot appearing, I felt like we were tricking the world—living in urban loopholes.”
― Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir
― Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir
“In the city, the line between nightmare and reality was fluid, just as the context of the words killer and death had shifted over time. Perhaps Mord was responsible. Perhaps we all were.”
― Borne
― Borne
“Urbanity provides us with so many ways to avoid people. Isn't that what distinguishes it from traditional rural life, where the onus, perhaps because it was difficult & rare, was more on greeting people?”
― How to Fight Islamist Terror from the Missionary Position by Tabish Khair
― How to Fight Islamist Terror from the Missionary Position by Tabish Khair
“The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity—it’s envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion”
― Life of Pi
― Life of Pi
Thố’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Thố’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Thố hasn't connected with their friends on Goodreads, yet.
Polls voted on by Thố
Lists liked by Thố

