Donna

Add friend

Donna’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (0)
currently-reading‎ (1)

read‎ (588)
did-not-finish‎ (0)

did-not-finish-2‎ (3)

Stats | More…

Donna is Currently Reading

Donna is currently reading

The Gathering

by Anne Enright

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

3 hours, 25 min ago

It’s almost painful, the way little children just trustingly hold out their hearts for you to look at—the way they haven’t learned yet how to conceal what matters to them, even if it’s just chewing gum or a plush dolphin or plastic ...more

How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith

by Mariann Edgar Budde

2 highlights

Donna’s Quotes

“So perhaps the thing that’s keeping you from what you’re supposed to be doing is calling to you for a good reason. Don’t be afraid to take that unknown path if it beckons. Sometimes you must trust where you are called.”
― Jenny Lawson, How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay

2 likes

“I had spent a lifetime hating my appearance in the present and then appreciating it in retrospect.”
― Matt Haig, The Life Impossible

7 likes

“It occurs to her that at any particular moment, you can only be most alarmed about one thing.”
― Jessica Soffer, This Is a Love Story

0 likes

“The point of desperation is often the point of truth.”
― Matt Haig, The Life Impossible

0 likes

“Memory is a sieve that catches only the most important moments. The insignificant details of daily life don’t stick; instead, they flow through the sieve. Then there are experiences that are unusual, set apart from the everyday, that carry an emotional charge. These we often hold on to, turning them over and over.”
― Amy Griffin, The Tell: A Memoir

3 likes

More of Donna’s quotes…