“The silence depressed me. It wasn't the silence of silence. It was my own silence.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“All art is quite useless.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“It is not everyone,' said Elinor, 'who has your passion for dead leaves.”
― Sense and Sensibility
― Sense and Sensibility
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.”
― The Four Loves
― The Four Loves
“Simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
you reconcile all beings in the world.”
― Tao Te Ching
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
you reconcile all beings in the world.”
― Tao Te Ching
Basically Books Book Club
— 33 members
— last activity Feb 12, 2015 12:49PM
This is The Basically Books Book club! This book club is run by Stephen Alff, Book Club Officer for the English and Literary Society in UCD. This Boo ...more
Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon
— 4433 members
— last activity Jun 07, 2026 09:24PM
Our next readathon will be July 10-11, 2026. We'll start reading at 8pm Eastern Time on Friday April 10th, and end Saturday July 11th at 8pm EDT. ...more
ReadATheme ReadAThon
— 155 members
— last activity Nov 17, 2017 03:01AM
Read-A-Theme Read-A-Thon is a readathon that happens once a month and last for an entire weekend. The participants are given a theme from which they c ...more
Marta’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Marta’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Marta
Lists liked by Marta

































