Chuma
https://www.goodreads.com/ideadibia
“A great deal has been written on the question of how to motivate industrial workers. Presumably such literature arises because so many jobs have been made so trivial that few people can find any meaning at all in them. It may be that techniques of management alone can't cure the problem. But clearly, for even the most potentially interesting jobs to be meaningful, there must be managers who are willing to throw away the management handbooks and take some risks.”
― The Soul of a New Machine
― The Soul of a New Machine
“Heartbreak is a loss. Divorce is a piece of paper.”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“Do you know what the worst thing about being a parent is? That you're always judged by your worst moments. You can do a million things right, but if you do one single thing wrong you're forever that parent who was checking his phone in the park when your child was hit in the head by a swing. We don't take our eyes off them for days at a time, but then you read just one text message and it's as if all your best moments never happened. No one goes to see a psychologist to talk about all the times they weren't hit in the head by a swing as a child. Parents are defined by their mistakes.”
― Anxious People
― Anxious People
“Victor's nephew was plump and bald: all babies that age looked like Winston Churchill to him.”
― A Long Petal of the Sea
― A Long Petal of the Sea
“You have to protect yourself from sadness. Sadness is very close to hate. Let me tell you this. This is the thing I learned. If you take in someone else's poison – thinking you can cure them by sharing it – you will instead store it within you. Those men in the desert were smarter than you. They assumed he could be useful. So they saved him, but when he was no longer useful they left him.”
― The English Patient
― The English Patient
Books on the Nightstand
— 6094 members
— last activity 23 hours, 19 min ago
A group to discuss books and topics mentioned on Books on the Nightstand, a blog and podcast about books and reading.
Book Nook Cafe
— 6049 members
— last activity 30 minutes ago
Book Nook Cafe is the place to be if you love to discuss books. We also chat about films, TV, music, health, theater, and more. Participation is en ...more
A Good Thriller
— 22143 members
— last activity 5 hours, 52 min ago
We share a passion for action-packed, gripping, exciting, tense thrillers and mysteries, a genre rich with talented authors. We invite you to share yo ...more
Book Buzz
— 657 members
— last activity Oct 15, 2024 08:58PM
Join us to discuss books and authors. Everyone is welcome! For more discussions and our blog check our homepage: http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ ...more
Chuma’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Chuma’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Chuma
Lists liked by Chuma































