4,644 books
—
26,763 voters
Jillian
https://www.goodreads.com/jilbobaggins
“If you were a mermaid, you said, If you were a mermaid, I was the sea.”
― Wasteland
― Wasteland
“A word is a magic thing. It holds the essence of an object or idea and pins it to the world. A word can set a universe in motion.”
― The Witch's Boy
― The Witch's Boy
“Not every story is true. And sometimes the things that were wicked become the things that save us, and the things that were good doom us to misery and pain.”
― The Witch's Boy
― The Witch's Boy
“A word, after all, is a kind of magic. It locks the substance of a thing in sound or symbol, and affixes it to the ear, or paper, or stone. Words call the world into being. That's power indeed.”
―
―
“Can I dwell on what I scarce remember? I held a castle on the Marches once, and there was a woman I was pledged to marry, but I could not find that castle today, nor tell you the color of that woman's hair. Who knighted me, old friend? What were my favorite foods? It all fades. Sometimes I think I was born on the bloody grass in that grove of ash, with the taste of fire in my mouth and a hole in my chest. Are you my mother, Thoros?”
― A Storm of Swords
― A Storm of Swords
Jillian’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jillian’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Jillian
Lists liked by Jillian


















