Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
to-read
(1460)
currently-reading (9)
read (221)
did-not-finish (2)
most-interest-tbr (207)
books-owned (104)
currently-reading (9)
read (221)
did-not-finish (2)
most-interest-tbr (207)
books-owned (104)
2023-tbr
(73)
non-fiction (71)
favourites (52)
maybe-rory-recs (50)
ongoing-series-related-works (45)
2024-tbr (34)
non-fiction (71)
favourites (52)
maybe-rory-recs (50)
ongoing-series-related-works (45)
2024-tbr (34)
“What I really wanted to say was that a monster is not such a terrible thing to be. From the Latin root monstrum, a divine messenger of catastrophe, then adapted by the Old French to mean an animal of myriad origins: centaur, griffin, satyr. To be a monster is to be a hybrid signal, a lighthouse: both shelter and warning at once.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“Quiet friend who has come so far,
feel how your breathing makes more space around you.
Let this darkness be a bell tower
and you the bell. As you ring,
what batters you becomes your strength.
Move back and forth into the change.
What is it like, such intensity of pain?
If the drink is bitter, turn yourself to wine.
In this uncontainable night,
be the mystery at the crossroads of your senses,
the meaning discovered there.
And if the world has ceased to hear you,
say to the silent earth: I flow.
To the rushing water, speak: I am.
- Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower”
― Sonnets to Orpheus
feel how your breathing makes more space around you.
Let this darkness be a bell tower
and you the bell. As you ring,
what batters you becomes your strength.
Move back and forth into the change.
What is it like, such intensity of pain?
If the drink is bitter, turn yourself to wine.
In this uncontainable night,
be the mystery at the crossroads of your senses,
the meaning discovered there.
And if the world has ceased to hear you,
say to the silent earth: I flow.
To the rushing water, speak: I am.
- Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower”
― Sonnets to Orpheus
Res’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Res’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
2,745 books
|
40 friends
517 books
|
88 friends
3,729 books
|
4,979 friends
1,014 books
|
2,783 friends
226 books
|
1 friend
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Res
Lists liked by Res