Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
“It is easy enough to do good once or twice, but to keep on doing good without getting disgusted with the ingratitude of those whom we have benefited, that is not so easy.”
― Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians
― Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians
“A man on a thousand mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning, 'Today I'm going to cover twenty-five miles and then rest up and sleep.”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
“Life, Enza decided, is not about what you get, but what is taken from you. It's in the things we lose that we discover what we most treasure.”
― The Shoemaker's Wife
― The Shoemaker's Wife
“...Nobody know when he is going to die. It is no good simply putting it off all the time, as we tend to do. If you face it, you realize you hold your life in your hands, and you're ready to let go at any moment. I think that is real wisdom.”
― A Human Search: Bede Griffiths Reflects on His Life : An Oral History
― A Human Search: Bede Griffiths Reflects on His Life : An Oral History
“Mama always said a good family has one heartbeat. No one knows you like the people you live with, and no one will take up your cause to the outside world quite like your blood relatives.”
― The Shoemaker's Wife
― The Shoemaker's Wife
Dian’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Dian’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Polls voted on by Dian
Lists liked by Dian



























