Caitlin

Add friend
Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about Caitlin.

https://www.goodreads.com/spacecurls

Book cover for Norwegian Wood
“If you feel some kind of pain with regard to Naoko’s death, I would advise you to keep on feeling that pain for the rest of your life. And if there’s something you can learn from it, you should do that, too. But quite aside from that, you ...more
Loading...
Milan Kundera
“The heaviest of burdens crushes us, we sink beneath it, it pins us to the ground. But in love poetry of every age, the woman longs to be weighed down by the man's body.The heaviest of burdens is therefore simultaneously an image of life's most intense fulfillment. The heavier the burden, the closer our lives come to the earth, the more real and truthful they become. Conversely, the absolute absence of burden causes man to be lighter than air, to soar into heights, take leave of the earth and his earthly being, and become only half real, his movements as free as they are insignificant. What then shall we choose? Weight or lightness?”
Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Tom Robbins
“Now tequila may be the favored beverage of outlaws but that doesn't mean it gives them preferential treatment. In fact, tequila probably has betrayed as many outlaws as has the central nervous system and dissatisfied wives. Tequila, scorpion honey, harsh dew of the doglands, essence of Aztec, crema de cacti; tequila, oily and thermal like the sun in solution; tequila, liquid geometry of passion; Tequila, the buzzard god who copulates in midair with the ascending souls of dying virgins; tequila, firebug in the house of good taste; O tequila, savage water of sorcery, what confusion and mischief your sly, rebellious drops do generate!”
Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker

Stephen Chbosky
“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”
Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Tom Robbins
“When the mystery of the connection goes, love goes. It's that simple. This suggests that it isn't love that is so important to us but the mystery itself. The love connection may be merely a device to put us in contact with the mystery, and we long for love to last so that the ecstacy of being near the mystery will last. It is contrary to the nature of mystery to stand still. Yet it's always there, somewhere, a world on the other side of the mirror (or the Camel pack), a promise in the next pair of eyes that smile at us. We glimpse it when we stand still.
The romance of new love, the romance of solitude, the romance of objecthood, the romance of ancient pyramids and distant stars are means of making contact with the mystery. When it comes to perpetuating it, however, I got no advice. But I can and will remind you of two of the most important facts I know:
1. Everything is part of it.
2. It's never too late to have a happy childhood.”
Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker

Robert Bloch
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.”
Robert Bloch

38184 WSU English teachers discuss YA books — 111 members — last activity Sep 13, 2021 11:16AM
Welcome to our group of English teachers at Wichita State. We invite you to share YA book recommendations as well as ideas for teaching YA books in mi ...more
409710 2019 #ReadICT Challenge — 259 members — last activity Nov 19, 2019 07:09AM
This is a group for people participating in the Wichita Eagle 2019 #ReadICT Challenge.
25x33 Murakami Maniacs — 41 members — last activity Jan 06, 2016 08:37PM
For the huddled masses who flock to the protective wing of Haruki Murakami. Any one who finds Murakami intriguing in the slightest is more than welco ...more
179584 Our Shared Shelf — 223268 members — last activity Dec 16, 2025 12:22AM
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more
year in books
Monique
1,007 books | 19 friends

Kelly
1,532 books | 35 friends

K
K
1,627 books | 115 friends

Cassie
450 books | 74 friends

Amber
949 books | 118 friends

Conner ...
1,673 books | 138 friends

liv
liv
262 books | 16 friends

Amy Ruddle
923 books | 51 friends

More friends…



Polls voted on by Caitlin

Lists liked by Caitlin