“She was incomprehensible, for, in her, soul and spirit were one - the beauty of her body was the essence of her soul. She was that unity sought for by philosophers through many centuries. In this outdoor waiting room of winds and stars she had been sitting for a hundred years, at peace in the contemplation of herself.”
― The Beautiful and Damned
― The Beautiful and Damned
“Memory is fiction,”
― Life
― Life
“And that taught me you can't have anything, you can't have anything at all. Because desire just cheats you. It's like a sunbeam skipping here and there about a room. It stops and gilds some inconsequential object, and we poor fools try to grasp it - but when we do the sunbeam moves on to something else, and you've got the inconsequential part, but the glitter that made you want it is gone.”
― The Beautiful and Damned
― The Beautiful and Damned
“And in the end, we were all just humans, drunk on the idea that love, only love, could heal our brokenness.”
―
―
“But I'm not here just to make records and money. I'm here to say something and to touch other people, sometimes in a cry of desperation: "Do you know this feeling?”
― Life
― Life
Ab’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ab’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Classics, Contemporary, Fiction, History, Memoir, Music, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Self help, Suspense, Travel, and Young-adult
Polls voted on by Ab
Lists liked by Ab


























