38 ratings (4.03 avg)
0 reviews

Natalie

Add friend

http://www.nataliecosgrove.com

Natalie’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (13)
currently-reading‎ (1)

read‎ (43)
summer-reads-for-hf‎ (4)

book-club-read‎ (1)

Stats | More…

Natalie is Currently Reading

Natalie is currently reading

Here I Am

by Jonathan Safran Foer (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading

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

Jan 16, 2017 09:22AM

“The beauty of New York rests on a completely different base. It's unintentional. It arose independent of human design, like a stalagmitic cavern. Forms which are in themselves quite ugly turn up fortuitously, without design, in such incredible surroundings that they sparkle with a sudden wondrous poetry.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

tags: humanity, new-york-city, traveling

2 likes

“The difference between the university graduate and the autodidact lies not so much in the extent of knowledge as in the extent of vitality and self-confidence”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

tags: knowledge, life-lessons, vitality

9 likes

“But when the strong were too weak to hurt the weak, the weak had to be strong enough to leave.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

1933 likes