Sign in with Facebook
946 books
—
1,108 voters
“The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame.”
―
―
“We know that God is everywhere; but certainly we feel His presence most when His works are on the grandest scale spread before us; and it is in the unclouded night-sky, where His worlds wheel their silent course, that we read clearest His infinitude, His omnipotence, His omnipresence.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
“It's not that I don't like people. It's just that when I'm in the company of others - even my nearest and dearest - there always comes a moment when I'd rather be reading a book.”
― Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books
― Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books
“It's only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose.”
― An Outcast of the Islands
― An Outcast of the Islands
“It is a long way to Ireland, Janet, and I am sorry to send my little friend on such weary travels: but if I can't do better, how is it to be helped? Are you anything akin to me, do you think, Jane?"
I could risk no sort of answer by this time: my heart was still.
"Because, he said, "I sometimes have a queer feeling with regard to you - especially when you are near me, as now: it is as if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly and inextricably knotted to a similar string situated in the corresponding quarter of your little frame. And if that boisterous channel, and two hundred miles or so of land some broad between us, I am afraid that cord of communion will be snapt; and then I've a nervous notion I should take to bleeding inwardly. As for you, - you'd forget me.”
― Jane Eyre
I could risk no sort of answer by this time: my heart was still.
"Because, he said, "I sometimes have a queer feeling with regard to you - especially when you are near me, as now: it is as if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly and inextricably knotted to a similar string situated in the corresponding quarter of your little frame. And if that boisterous channel, and two hundred miles or so of land some broad between us, I am afraid that cord of communion will be snapt; and then I've a nervous notion I should take to bleeding inwardly. As for you, - you'd forget me.”
― Jane Eyre
Barnes & Noble Nook
— 2746 members
— last activity Oct 09, 2025 09:52PM
For those who are in love with the Barnes & Noble "Nook". A place to share & loan books, tips and just conversation. ...more
NOOKBOARDS
— 43 members
— last activity Nov 29, 2014 10:36PM
A place in the goodreads community for Nookboards members.
Tina’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Tina’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,613 books
|
223 friends
1,468 books
|
4,376 friends
116 books
|
25 friends
170 books
|
31 friends
38,492 books
|
22 friends
97 books
|
15 friends
441 books
|
8 friends
670 books
|
39 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Tina
Lists liked by Tina
