Sign in with Facebook
Jeremy Rhoades
https://www.goodreads.com/coderhoades
What were the dreams really about? An imperfect world, I suspect, one over which death and injustice often seemed to hold dominion. But what kind of fool would surrender his sleep over a condition he could not change?
“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.”
―
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.”
―
“At some point in your life, you have to give up anger or it will destroy your spirit the way cancer destroys living tissue.”
― Light of the World
― Light of the World
“He wanted, for example, to investigate why one should hold fast to a religion not because it was true but because it was the faith of one’s fathers. Was faith not faith but simple family habit? Maybe there was no true religion but only this eternal handing down. And error could be handed down as easily as virtue. Was faith no more than an error of our ancestors?”
― The Enchantress of Florence
― The Enchantress of Florence
“Louisiana is not a state; it’s an outdoor mental asylum in which millions of people stay bombed most of their lives. That’s not an exaggeration. Cirrhosis is a family heirloom.”
― Robicheaux
― Robicheaux
“He had said that our lives are steered by uncertainties, many of which are disruptive or even daunting; but that if we persevere and remain generous of heart, we may be granted a moment of lucidity—a moment in which all that has happened to us suddenly comes into focus as a necessary course of events, even as we find ourselves on the threshold of the life we had been meant to lead all along.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
The Atheist Book Club
— 1659 members
— last activity Jan 26, 2026 04:40AM
In these gilded halls we shall discuss the presence of the atheistic viewpoint in the written form. Are you a fan of Douglas Adams' scientific view of ...more
Jeremy’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jeremy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
621 books
|
41 friends
524 books
|
176 friends
616 books
|
6 friends
88 books
|
27 friends
805 books
|
53 friends
841 books
|
44 friends
104 books
|
4 friends
82 books
|
111 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Jeremy
Lists liked by Jeremy
