“Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.”
―
―
“Résumé
Razors pain you,
Rivers are damp,
Acids stain you,
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful,
Nooses give,
Gas smells awful.
You might as well live.”
― Enough Rope
Razors pain you,
Rivers are damp,
Acids stain you,
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful,
Nooses give,
Gas smells awful.
You might as well live.”
― Enough Rope
“We tend to think of happiness (and by happiness I also mean health or overall well-being)as a gift, and sometimes it is, a pure gratuity. But most of the time it comes about because you've done the work, prepared the ground to allow it in or tended it carefully once it has arrived. You have to practice happiness the way you practice the piano, commit to it the way you commit to going to the gym.”
― Voluntary Madness: My Year Lost and Found in the Loony Bin
― Voluntary Madness: My Year Lost and Found in the Loony Bin
“That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.”
―
―
“I have taken so many wrong turns and been so careless with precious things and managed to lose, or break, or leave out in the rain so much that I loved.”
― Love Me
― Love Me
Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge
— 43011 members
— last activity 16 minutes ago
*** IMPORTANT NOTE: There is never any fee charged to participate in this challenge or in this group. If you received a note asking for money, that is ...more
Reader with a Cause
— 788 members
— last activity Jan 14, 2026 10:03AM
For readers who believe in equality and dream of a world where domestic & dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking no longer exist. Many of today ...more
Rachel’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Rachel’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Rachel
Lists liked by Rachel
















