Ó Ruairc

Ó Ruairc’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (662)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (709)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
personal-library‎ (1108)
history-military-war‎ (164)
need-to-acquire‎ (162)
reh-collection‎ (100)
reference-sporadic-perusal‎ (98)

eastern-frontier-ohio‎ (89)
american-indian‎ (85)
britain-éire-scot-history-lit‎ (84)
collected-stories-poems-plays‎ (83)
heroic-fantasy-sf-mythology-pulps‎ (82)
classics-shakespeare‎ (81)
horror-occult-supernatural‎ (79)
celts-vikings-mongols-saxons-romans‎ (74)
reference-writing-language‎ (71)

western-frontier‎ (71)
biography-autobiography‎ (69)
historical-adventure-fiction‎ (67)
gac-collection‎ (66)
christianity-religion‎ (52)
antiquarian-rare-collectible‎ (46)
arizona-southwest‎ (39)
miscellaneous-non-fiction‎ (38)
hunting-nature-africa‎ (37)

zane-grey‎ (36)
fiction-westerns-historical‎ (31)
science‎ (31)
detective-mystery‎ (28)
letters-essays-journals‎ (28)
might-read‎ (23)
philosophy-psychology-sociology‎ (22)
jack-london‎ (13)

Stats | More…

Ó Ruairc’s Quotes

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain

tags: aliteracy, attributed-no-source, literacy

41092 likes

“My mistake was in ever opening the books.”
― Jack London, The Sea Wolf

44 likes

“A house that has a library in it has a soul.”
― Plato

tags: attributed-no-source

421 likes

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

136113 likes

“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”
― Thomas Mann, Essays of Three Decades

tags: authors, creative-process, struggle, writers, writing

3692 likes

More of Ó Ruairc’s quotes…

recent posts
Ó Ruairc’s Groups

Robert E. Howard Readers — 404 members — last activity Apr 06, 2026 11:22AM
Justly remembered for his thrilling stories about Conan the Barbarian, Robert E. Howard wrote about many other characters and in genres other than Swo ...more

Pulp Magazine Authors and Literature Fans — 633 members — last activity Nov 29, 2023 12:46PM
A group for fans of the great Pulp Magazines of the 20's through the 50's. Included but not restricted to Weird Tales, Black Mask, Astounding, Adventu ...more

Irish Lit & Times — 358 members — last activity Jan 26, 2026 06:47AM
Celtic peoples and lovers of the Irish alike, gather to sing our songs of joyous melancholia! Come discuss anything related to any Irish author, and f ...more

Old Norse Literature — 288 members — last activity Jan 30, 2022 05:00PM
This group is dedicated to all things associated with Old Norse literature, both primary and secondary sources: Family Sagas, Legendary sagas, Riddara ...more

Roger Zelazny — 213 members — last activity Dec 30, 2024 11:52AM
Roger Zelazny, Science Fiction & Fantasy author extraordinaire, wrote dozens of books & stories over the course of his too short career. Discuss him & ...more

More of Ó Ruairc’s groups…