Sign in with Facebook
to-read
(224)
currently-reading (1)
read (452)
f-novel (198)
l-american (164)
f-philosophy (95)
l-british (87)
read-2012-13 (64)
l-german (54)
read-2008-09 (45)
read-2009-10 (39)
f-stories (38)
currently-reading (1)
read (452)
f-novel (198)
l-american (164)
f-philosophy (95)
l-british (87)
read-2012-13 (64)
l-german (54)
read-2008-09 (45)
read-2009-10 (39)
f-stories (38)
f-poetry
(31)
read-2016-17 (31)
read-2019-20 (27)
f-essay (26)
f-history-lesson (26)
own (26)
read-2020-21 (24)
read-2007-08 (21)
read-2006-07 (20)
l-canadian (19)
read-2013-14 (19)
read-2022-23 (19)
read-2016-17 (31)
read-2019-20 (27)
f-essay (26)
f-history-lesson (26)
own (26)
read-2020-21 (24)
read-2007-08 (21)
read-2006-07 (20)
l-canadian (19)
read-2013-14 (19)
read-2022-23 (19)
“The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.”
― Speak, Memory
― Speak, Memory
“I believed that I wanted to be a poet, but deep down I just wanted to be a poem.”
―
―
“I don’t love you as if you were the salt-rose, topaz
or arrow of carnations that propagate fire:
I love you as certain dark things are loved,
secretly, between the shadow and the soul.”
― 100 Love Sonnets
or arrow of carnations that propagate fire:
I love you as certain dark things are loved,
secretly, between the shadow and the soul.”
― 100 Love Sonnets
“While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.”
― Anthills of the Savannah
― Anthills of the Savannah
“It seemed...that intelligence wasn't as pure and unalterable a characteristic as people believed. Being intelligent was like being good: you could be virtuous in one person's company and yet wicked in another's. You could be intelligent with one person and stupid with another. It was partly to do with confidence...In a way she had been more confident when she had been eighteen and foolish. At twenty-three, with Michael, she felt less confident and therefore less intelligent.”
― Staring at the Sun
― Staring at the Sun
Cassidy’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Cassidy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
2,252 books
|
5,330 friends
862 books
|
269 friends
9,917 books
|
97 friends
722 books
|
485 friends
2,915 books
|
3,797 friends
634 books
|
204 friends
881 books
|
261 friends
344 books
|
77 friends
More friends…
Polls voted on by Cassidy
Lists liked by Cassidy
