

“As we live and as we are, Simplicity - with a capital "S" - is difficult to comprehend nowadays. We are no longer truly simple. We no longer live in simple terms or places. Life is a more complex struggle now. It is now valiant to be simple: a courageous thing to even want to be simple. It is a spiritual thing to comprehend what simplicity means.”
― The Natural House
― The Natural House

“The new architecture and urban design of segregation could be called Calvinist: they reflect a desire to live in a world of predestination rather than chance, to strip the world of its wide-open possibilities and replace them with freedom of choice in the marketplace.”
― Wanderlust: A History of Walking
― Wanderlust: A History of Walking

“I hope you're pleased with yourselves. We could all have been killed - or worse, expelled. Now if you don't mind, I'm going to bed.”
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“Eiffel saw his Tower in the form of a serious object, rational, useful; men return it to him in the form of a great baroque dream which quite naturally touches on the borders of the irrational ... architecture is always dream and function, expression of a utopia and instrument of a convenience.”
― The Eiffel Tower and Other Mythologies
― The Eiffel Tower and Other Mythologies
Dongjjog’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Dongjjog’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Business, Children's, Comics, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Ebooks, Fantasy, Gay and Lesbian, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Manga, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, Romance, Science, Science fiction, Spirituality, Sports, Thriller, Travel, and Young-adult
Polls voted on by Dongjjog
Lists liked by Dongjjog