32,219 books
—
68,396 voters
“When we have found all the mysteries and lost all the meaning, we will be alone, on an empty shore.”
― Arcadia
― Arcadia
“Now that my ladder's gone,
I must lie down where all my ladders start,
In the foul rag-and-bone shop of the heart.”
―
I must lie down where all my ladders start,
In the foul rag-and-bone shop of the heart.”
―
“But even so, every now and then I would feel a violent stab of loneliness. The very water I drink, the very air I breathe, would feel like long, sharp needles. The pages of a book in my hands would take on the threatening metallic gleam of razor blades. I could hear the roots of loneliness creeping through me when the world was hushed at four o'clock in the morning.”
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“The point is, not to resist the flow. You go up when you're supposed to go up and down when you're supposed to go down. When you're supposed to go up, find the highest tower and climb to the top. When you're supposed to go down, find the deepest well and go down to the bottom. When there's no flow, stay still. If you resist the flow, everything dries up. If everything dries up, the world is darkness.”
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“The ordinary-sized stuff which is our lives, the things people write poetry about—clouds—daffodils—waterfalls—what happens in a cup of coffee when the cream goes in—these things are full of mystery, as mysterious to us as the heavens were to the Greeks.”
― Arcadia
― Arcadia
Karin’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Karin’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Karin
Lists liked by Karin























