289 books
—
206 voters
The Plague
by
There have been as many plagues as wars in history; yet always plagues and wars take people equally by surprise.
“I feel that life is divided into the horrible and the miserable. That's the two categories. The horrible are like, I don't know, terminal cases, you know, and blind people, crippled. I don't know how they get through life. It's amazing to me. And the miserable is everyone else. So you should be thankful that you're miserable, because that's very lucky, to be miserable.”
― Annie Hall: Screenplay
― Annie Hall: Screenplay
“My melancholy is the most faithful mistress I have known; what wonder, then, that I love her in return.”
― Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
― Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
“Thank heaven, Sigmund Freud was spared knowing the concentration camps from the inside. His subjects lay on a couch designed in the plush style of Victorian culture, not in the filth of Auschwitz.”
― Man's Search for Meaning
― Man's Search for Meaning
“A girl's life was defined by lines: fine lines, hairlines, bikini lines, class lines, the tightrope line between being a good girl and a slut. But there was always a moment when the lines blurred and a good girl had to decide whether to toe the line, cross the line, or stay safe behind the line that guarded her virtue.”
―
―
Pirate Readers
— 17 members
— last activity May 20, 2019 10:23AM
The Pirate Readers are English students and graduates of Pattonville High School in St. Louis, Missouri. The Pirate Readers Journal publishes work by ...more
Atul’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Atul’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Polls voted on by Atul
Lists liked by Atul


















































