Sign in with Facebook
76,927 books
—
286,227 voters
Cecilia Lo
https://www.goodreads.com/cecilialo
to-read
(348)
currently-reading (11)
read (123)
nonfiction (35)
presents (22)
growth (17)
spirituality (13)
currently-reading (11)
read (123)
nonfiction (35)
presents (22)
growth (17)
spirituality (13)
cillian-murphy
(10)
feminism (10)
favorites (7)
couldn-t-finish (6)
historical-fiction (6)
hongkong (6)
poetry (6)
feminism (10)
favorites (7)
couldn-t-finish (6)
historical-fiction (6)
hongkong (6)
poetry (6)
“I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved; I have been given much and I have given something in return; I have read and traveled and thought and written. I have had an intercourse with the world, the special intercourse of writers and readers.
Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.”
― Gratitude
Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.”
― Gratitude
“If the stone falls hard enough the ripples last a lifetime.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
“Understand, for instance, that having a sad thought, even having a continual succession of sad thoughts, is not the same as being a sad person. You can walk through a storm and feel the wind but you know you are not the wind.
That is how we must be with our minds. We must allow ourselves to feel their gales and downpours, but all the time knowing this is just necessary weather.
When I sink deep, now, and I still do from time to time, I try and understand that there is another, bigger and stronger part of me that is not sinking. It stands unwavering.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
That is how we must be with our minds. We must allow ourselves to feel their gales and downpours, but all the time knowing this is just necessary weather.
When I sink deep, now, and I still do from time to time, I try and understand that there is another, bigger and stronger part of me that is not sinking. It stands unwavering.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
“I’m like you,’ he said. 'I remember everything.’I stopped for a second. If you remember everything, I wanted to say, and if you are really like me, then before you leave tomorrow, or when you’re just ready to shut the door of the taxi and have already said goodbye to everyone else and there’s not a thing left to say in this life, then, just this once, turn to me, even in jest, or as an afterthought, which would have meant everything to me when we were together, and, as you did back then, look me in the face, hold my gaze, and call me by your name”
―
―
“This isn't a question of strength. Not the stoic, get-on-with-stuff-without-thinking-too-much kind of strength, anyway. It's more of a zooming-in. That sharpening. ... You know, before the age of twenty-four I hadn't realised how bad things could feel, but I hadn't realised how good they could feel either. That shell might be protecting you, but it's also stopping you feeling the full force of that good stuff. Depression might be a hell of a price to pay for waking up to life, ... But it is actually quite therapeutic to know that pleasure doesn't just help compensate for pain, it can actually grow out of it.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
Goodreads Librarians Group
— 313197 members
— last activity 4 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
Cecilia’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Cecilia’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
350 books
|
37 friends
121 books
|
65 friends
33 books
|
40 friends
59 books
|
17 friends
251 books
|
115 friends
89 books
|
48 friends
2 books
|
25 friends
239 books
|
87 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Cecilia
Lists liked by Cecilia
