Sign in with Facebook
“People, the people we really love, where did they come from? What did we do to deserve them?”
― Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures
― Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures
“And who among us is not neurotic, and has never complained that they are not understood? Why did you come here, to this place, if not in the hope of being understood, of being in some small way comprehended by your peers, and embraced by them in a fellowship of shared secrets? I don't know about you, but I just want to be held.”
― Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures
― Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures
“I like to read because
it kills me.”
―
it kills me.”
―
“I know that I stopped thinking about extreme grief as the sole vehicle for great art when the grief started to take people with it. And I get it. The tortured artist is the artist that gets remembered for all time, particularly if they if they either perish or overcome. But the truth is that so many of us are stuck in the middle. So many of us begin tortured and end tortured, with only brief bursts of light in between, and I'd rather have average art and survival than miracles that come at the cost of someone's life.”
― They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us: Essays
― They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us: Essays
The Feminist Orchestra Bookclub
— 4576 members
— last activity Jul 01, 2026 02:00PM
Discover and recommend more feminist reads here: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/96419.The_Feminist_Orchestra_Potential_Reading_List We're also o ...more
Nonfiction November
— 2623 members
— last activity Oct 12, 2025 12:31PM
**Note** This event is no longer active. Thank you for 10 wonderful years! Please feel free to keep using this page as a resource. Welcome to Nonfict ...more
Mcgary’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mcgary’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
5,298 books
|
4,980 friends
369 books
|
13,250 friends
702 books
|
62 friends
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Mcgary
Lists liked by Mcgary