Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book

Shannon

Add friend
Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about Shannon.

https://www.goodreads.com/shannongrace

Book cover for The Silent Wife
Other people are not here to fulfill our needs or meet our expectations, nor will they always treat us well. Failure to accept this will generate feelings of anger and resentment. Peace of mind comes with taking people as they are and ...more
Loading...
J.K. Rowling
“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“The following quote is from a Ted talk my sister sent to me that blew my mind....
We talk about how many women were raped last year, not about how many MEN raped women...
We talk about how many girls in a school district were harassed last year, not about how many BOYS harassed girls...
We talk about how many teenage girls got pregnant in the state of VA last year, rather than how many men and teenage boys got girls pregnant...
So you can see how the use of this passive voice has a political affect. It shifts the focus (and blame) off men and boys, and onto girls and women.”
― Karen Kilgariff & Georgia Hardstark, Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide

Albert Einstein
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

John  Green
“What a slut time is. She screws everybody.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

Friedrich Nietzsche
“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

year in books
joshua
1,018 books | 90 friends

Shelley...
690 books | 27 friends

Kelly K...
266 books | 54 friends

Jonathan
286 books | 16 friends

Jenna S...
608 books | 118 friends

Kenyon
298 books | 184 friends

Katie B...
2,962 books | 149 friends

Heidi
682 books | 249 friends

More friends…



Polls voted on by Shannon

Lists liked by Shannon