Sign in with Facebook
“To acquire knowledge, one must study;
but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.”
―
but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.”
―
“That’s not a particularly useful measure of your enemies, motive. If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that harm done with explicit conscious intention of doing another person harm accounts for about two per cent of all harm inflicted. That descriptor pretty much only applies to dictators in banana republics, serial killers and PE teachers.”
― Last Night
― Last Night
“Ninety-nine percent of the world’s lovers are not with their first choice. That’s what makes the jukebox play.”
― Just Last Night
― Just Last Night
“There’s something exceptional about friendships with friends you’ve known since you were young. They know all the versions of you. They know how you were built. They have a map for you. There’s a shorthand between you, and a love that is as strong as any blood tie.”
― Last Night
― Last Night
“The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are several—one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them.
To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it.
To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”
― The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it.
To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”
― The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Lizzie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Lizzie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Lizzie hasn't connected with her friends on Goodreads, yet.
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Lizzie
Lists liked by Lizzie