“Of course, true love is exceptional - two or three times a century, more or less. The rest of the time there is vanity or boredom.”
― The Fall
― The Fall
“All I feel are the assaults of apprehension and terror at the thought that I am the only one who is entirely unlike the rest. It is almost impossible for me to converse with other people. What should I talk about, how should I say it? - I don't know.”
― No Longer Human
― No Longer Human
“This I want to believe implicitly: Man was born for love and revolution.”
― The Setting Sun
― The Setting Sun
“He could only consider me as the living corpse of a would-be suicide, a person dead to shame, an idiot ghost.”
― No Longer Human
― No Longer Human
“The courageous testimony of Dr. Faust that a maiden's smile is more precious than history, philosophy, education, religion, law, politics,economics, and all the other branches of learning. Learning is another name for vanity. It is the effort of human beings not to be human beings.”
― The Setting Sun
― The Setting Sun
Alex’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alex’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Contemporary, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Paranormal, Science fiction, Suspense, and Thriller
Polls voted on by Alex
Lists liked by Alex

















