1,294 books
—
3,491 voters
No man is an Iland, intire of it selfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; if a Clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as well as if a Mannor of thy friends or of
...more
Kalle Schrader liked this
“This man and his burden passed on forever out of that nameless crossroads and the woman stepped once more into the street and the children followed and all continued on to their appointed places which as some believe were chosen long ago even to the beginning of the world.”
― Cities of the Plain
― Cities of the Plain
“He lay in the dark thinking of all the things he did not know about his father and he realized that the father he knew was all the father he would ever know.”
― All The Pretty Horses
― All The Pretty Horses
“But grief is not a force and has no power to hold. You only bear it. Love is what carries you, for it is always there, even in the dark, or most in the dark, but shining out at times like gold stitches in a piece of embroidery.”
― Hannah Coulter
― Hannah Coulter
“Do not trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.”
― The Shadow Rising
― The Shadow Rising
“It looks a lot better from up here than it does down there, dont it?
Yes. It does.
There's a lot of things look better at a distance.
Yeah?
I think so. I guess there are. The life you've lived, for one.
Yeah. Maybe what of it you aint lived yet, too.”
― Cities of the Plain
Yes. It does.
There's a lot of things look better at a distance.
Yeah?
I think so. I guess there are. The life you've lived, for one.
Yeah. Maybe what of it you aint lived yet, too.”
― Cities of the Plain
Ryan’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ryan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Ryan
Lists liked by Ryan























