Genevieve

Add friend

Genevieve’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (64)
currently-reading‎ (1)
read‎ (164)

did-not-finish‎ (0)
ya‎ (58)
children‎ (14)

favorites‎ (12)
non-fiction‎ (2)
thriller‎ (2)

Stats | More…

Genevieve is Currently Reading

Genevieve is currently reading

The White Album

by Joan Didion

bookshelves: currently-reading, non-fiction

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Mar 01, 2025 07:34AM

Genevieve’s Quotes

“I will take the sun in my mouth
and leap into the ripe air
Alive
with closed eyes
to dash against darkness”
― E.E. Cummings, Poems, 1923-1954

2378 likes

“Nothing is more wonderful than the art of being free, but nothing is harder to learn how to use than freedom.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

259 likes

“A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption.”
― Guy de Maupassant, Le Horla et autres contes fantastiques

tags: insanity, mental-illness, sickness, thoughts

594 likes

“Anyone who has actually been that sad can tell you that there's nothing beautiful or literary or mysterious about depression.”
― Jasmine Warga, My Heart and Other Black Holes

tags: depression, mental-disorders, mental-illness, my-heart-and-other-black-holes, sadness

524 likes

“It's my experience that people are a lot more sympathetic if they can see you hurting, and for the millionth time in my life I wish for measles or smallpox or some other easily understood disease just to make it easier on me and also on them.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

tags: all-the-bright-places, depression, experience, hurting, mental-illness, ya

1614 likes

More of Genevieve’s quotes…