Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
“I looked and looked at her, and I knew, as clearly as I know that I will die, that I loved her more than anything I had ever seen or imagined on earth. She was only the dead-leaf echo of the nymphet from long ago - but I loved her, this Lolita, pale and polluted and big with another man's child. She could fade and wither - I didn't care. I would still go mad with tenderness at the mere sight of her face.”
― Lolita
― Lolita
“Achilles' story never ends: wherever men fight and die, you'll find Achilles.”
― The Women of Troy
― The Women of Troy
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
―
―
“Life itself is a quotation.”
―
―
“Not like Homer would I write,
Not like Dante if I might,
Not like Shakespeare at his best,
Not like Goethe or the rest,
Like myself, however small,
Like myself, or not at all.”
― Blackberries
Not like Dante if I might,
Not like Shakespeare at his best,
Not like Goethe or the rest,
Like myself, however small,
Like myself, or not at all.”
― Blackberries
2026 Reading Challenge
— 35336 members
— last activity 1 minute ago
❗❗❗ AUTHORS BEWARE! ❗❗❗ Scammers are targeting authors using moderators' names and spoofed email addresses. Read more here. We have a stri ...more
AlexHarri’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at AlexHarri’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
770 books
|
1,616 friends
381 books
|
9 friends
127 books
|
54 friends
180 books
|
4 friends
Polls voted on by AlexHarri
Lists liked by AlexHarri