The Gabe

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


Loading...
Martin Buber
“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.”
Martin Buber

Lawrence Durrell
“Does not everything depend on our interpretation of the silence around us?”
Lawrence Durrell, Justine

Alfred Bester
“Vorga, I kill you filthy.”
Alfred Bester, The Stars My Destination

Alfred Bester
“You pigs, you. You rut like pigs, is all. You got the most in you, and you use the least. You hear me, you? Got a million in you and spend pennies. Got a genius in you and think crazies. Got a heart in you and feel empties. All a you. Every you...'

[...]

Take a war to make you spend. Take a jam to make you think. Take a challenge to make you great. Rest of the time you sit around lazy, you. Pigs, you! All right, God damn you! I challenge you, me. Die or live and be great. Blow yourselves to Christ gone or come and find me, Gully Foyle, and I make you men. I make you great. I give you the stars.”
Alfred Bester, The Stars My Destination

Simone Weil
“Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.”
Simone Weil

year in books

The hasn't connected with their friends on Goodreads, yet.


The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald1984 by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,783 voters
The Magus by John Fowles
Top Books of John Fowles
12 books — 35 voters

More…



Polls voted on by The

Lists liked by The