Sign in with Facebook
to-read
(69)
currently-reading (2)
read (46)
have-not-read (14)
dnf (6)
reference (4)
3-star-reads (12)
5-star-reads (11)
4-star-reads (7)
3-and-a-half-star-reads (4)
4-and-a-half-star-reads (4)
2-and-a-half-star-reads (3)
currently-reading (2)
read (46)
have-not-read (14)
dnf (6)
reference (4)
3-star-reads (12)
5-star-reads (11)
4-star-reads (7)
3-and-a-half-star-reads (4)
4-and-a-half-star-reads (4)
2-and-a-half-star-reads (3)
2-star-reads
(3)
1-and-a-half-star-reads (1)
1-star-reads (1)
half-star-reads (0)
university (50)
paperback (45)
fiction (40)
year-2-university (26)
year-1-university (24)
21st-century (22)
north-american-literature (21)
european-literature (20)
1-and-a-half-star-reads (1)
1-star-reads (1)
half-star-reads (0)
university (50)
paperback (45)
fiction (40)
year-2-university (26)
year-1-university (24)
21st-century (22)
north-american-literature (21)
european-literature (20)
“I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig-tree, starving to death, just because I couldn't make up my mind which of the figs I would choose. I wanted each and everyone of them, but choosing one meant losing all the rest, and, as I sat there, unable to decide, the figs began to wrinkle and go black, and, one by one, they plopped to the ground at my feet.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“It is the ability of a person to bring a reaction in us that gives us a relationship with them, and for the time they do that they have a livingness to them.”
― The Dig
― The Dig
“They may be nothing more than scraps of paper, but they capture something profound. Light and wind and air, the tenderness or joy of the photographer, the bashfulness or pleasure of the subject. You have to guard these things forever in your heart. That’s why photographs are taken in the first place.”
― The Memory Police
― The Memory Police
“Every time you remember something, the memory weakens, as you’re remembering the last recollection, rather than the memory itself. Nothing can remain in tact. Still, it does not stop you wanting, does not stop you longing.”
― Open Water
― Open Water
“What you're trying to say is that it's easier for you to hide in your own darkness, than emerge cloaked in your own vulnerability. Not better, but easier. However the longer you hold it in, the more likely you are to suffocate.
At some point, you must breathe.”
― Open Water
At some point, you must breathe.”
― Open Water
Jacques’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Jacques’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Jacques
Lists liked by Jacques
