They stamp the slush off their boots with autopilot eyes and answering-machine voices while they wait for their drug of choice – caffeine or nicotine or sugar – to kick in and render their bodies at least tolerably functional until the
...more
“Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.”
― The Old Man and the Sea
― The Old Man and the Sea
“Sometimes being offered tenderness feels like the very proof that you've been ruined.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“Because the sunset, like survival, exists only on the verge of its own disappearing. To be gorgeous, you must first be seen, but to be seen allows you to be hunted.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“A page, turning, is a wing lifted with no twin, and therefore no flight. And yet we are moved.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“To ask 'What's good?' was to move, right away, to joy. It was pushing aside what was inevitable to reach the exceptional. Not great or well or wonderful, but simply good. Because good was more often enough, was a precious spark we sought and harvested of and for one another.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Booktok 📚
— 226776 members
— last activity 10 minutes ago
A place for booktokers to interact with each other and share the love
Hattie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Hattie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Biography, Book Club, Children's, Classics, Contemporary, Ebooks, Fiction, Memoir, Non-fiction, Poetry, Psychology, Self help, Travel, and Young-adult
Polls voted on by Hattie
Lists liked by Hattie

























