Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
Millisent
https://www.goodreads.com/mfuryhop
Mismatched stain is splashed across the floorboards, rugs laid down to try and muffle creaking joints. Wingback chairs have been arranged to hide the cracks in the walls, while paintings and porcelain vases attempt to lure the eye from
...more
“He was comfortable in any social situation: garden party or cage fighting contest, it was all the same to Vid, it was all interesting.”
― Truly Madly Guilty
― Truly Madly Guilty
“Asher said, "Does it really ever go anywhere?"
"Does what?"
"Love. Does it vanish?"
Yale looked at his own hand, resting on the dashboard to keep himself steady whenever Asher braked suddenly. "I mean, we never want it to. But it does, doesn't it?"
Asher said, "I think that's the saddest thing in the world, the failure of love. Not hatred, but the failure of love.”
― The Great Believers
"Does what?"
"Love. Does it vanish?"
Yale looked at his own hand, resting on the dashboard to keep himself steady whenever Asher braked suddenly. "I mean, we never want it to. But it does, doesn't it?"
Asher said, "I think that's the saddest thing in the world, the failure of love. Not hatred, but the failure of love.”
― The Great Believers
“The thought came to Yale, as Dr. Cheng listened to his lungs, that this could be the man presiding over his final days. That in walking through his door, he'd potentially chosen a partnership more permanent than any other in his life. Till death do us part.”
― The Great Believers
― The Great Believers
“We never let go of that,' Cecily said. 'I mean, even for parents - that's never not your baby, you know?'
"I think you're right." As he got sicker, it was more and more often how he thought of people--of Charlie, certainly, and of everyone else here or gone: not as the sum of all the disappointments, but as every beginning they'd ever represented, every promise.”
― The Great Believers
"I think you're right." As he got sicker, it was more and more often how he thought of people--of Charlie, certainly, and of everyone else here or gone: not as the sum of all the disappointments, but as every beginning they'd ever represented, every promise.”
― The Great Believers
“Cecily said, "That's the difference between optimism and naivety. No one in this room is naive. Naive people haven't been through real trials yet, so they think it could never happen to them. Optimists have been through it already, and we keep getting up each day because we believe we can keep it from happening again. Or we trick ourselves into thinking it."
Richard said, "All belief is a trick.”
― The Great Believers
Richard said, "All belief is a trick.”
― The Great Believers
Goodreads Librarians Group
— 343125 members
— last activity 1 minute ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
Ask Tess Gerritsen & Richard Montanari - Wednesday, March 5th!
— 303 members
— last activity Jun 14, 2014 09:43AM
Join us on Wednesday, March 5th for a special discussion with authors Tess Gerritsen & Richard Montanari. Tess and Richard will be discussing their ne ...more
Advance & Beta Readers
— 1360 members
— last activity 21 minutes ago
The goal of this group is: 1) To help develop a community that helps writers get valuable feedback. 2) To help passionate readers with free copies o ...more
Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge
— 43068 members
— last activity 14 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
Millisent’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Millisent’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
2,563 books
|
49 friends
1,250 books
|
28 friends
442 books
|
39 friends
140 books
|
4 friends
497 books
|
17 friends
2,788 books
|
73 friends
2,526 books
|
155 friends
876 books
|
30 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Millisent
Lists liked by Millisent