Therése
https://www.goodreads.com/theresellen
progress:
(page 50 of 359)
""Think deeply about things. Don't just go along because that's the way things are or that's what your friends say. Consider the effects, consider the alternatives, but most importantly, just think."" — Jun 19, 2016 08:40AM
""Think deeply about things. Don't just go along because that's the way things are or that's what your friends say. Consider the effects, consider the alternatives, but most importantly, just think."" — Jun 19, 2016 08:40AM
Therése
is currently reading
progress:
(page 25 of 360)
""I needed to make sure she understood the way I understood. my mother said it was lie a cassette tape you could never rewind. But it was hard to remember you couldn't rewind it while you were listening to it. And so you'd forget and fall into the music and listen and then, without you even knowing it, the tape would suddenly end."" — May 13, 2016 09:39PM
""I needed to make sure she understood the way I understood. my mother said it was lie a cassette tape you could never rewind. But it was hard to remember you couldn't rewind it while you were listening to it. And so you'd forget and fall into the music and listen and then, without you even knowing it, the tape would suddenly end."" — May 13, 2016 09:39PM
“...& she, armed with both & abandoning the joys of reason that had meant so much to her as well as me, made a suitably advantageous marriage with an ironmonger with a face like an anvil & a soul like a slag, & so I never saw her freckles fade, her auburn hair dull, never had to watch our love turn to that non-colour, white.”
― Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish
― Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish
“Under the influence of mercury, which he administered to himself daily as a salve for his syphilis, & laudanum, which he drank each evening in imprecisely measured amounts to enable him to sleep, because of all things, this brave man feared only his dreams, opiate-enhanced nightmares that gave him no respite & which always ended in flames from which he rose phoenix-like just before dawn each morning, to recommence building what was already ash.”
― Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish
― Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish
“The general advice is always be yourself, be yourself, which only makes sense if you haven't got an attitude problem.”
― Boy, Snow, Bird
― Boy, Snow, Bird
“I told her that magic spells only work until the person under the spell is really and honestly tired of it. It ends when continuing becomes simply too ghastly a prospect.”
― Boy, Snow, Bird
― Boy, Snow, Bird
“Speaking with spiders and other things you call unusual... there's no special trick to it. When something catches your attention just keep your attention on it, stick with it 'til the end, and somewhere along the line there'll be weirdness.”
―
―
Therése’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Therése’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Therése
Lists liked by Therése








































