Arjo Gupto

Add friend
Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about Arjo.


Loading...
Oscar Wilde
“She was a curious woman, whose dresses always looked as if they had been designed in a rage and put on in a tempest. She was usually in love with somebody, and, as her passion was never returned, she had kept all her illusions. She tried to look picturesque, but only succeeded in being untidy.”
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

J.D. Barker
“You can't play God without being acquainted with the devil”
J.D. Barker (author), The Fifth to Die

Anthony Bourdain
“Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don't have.”
Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

William Shakespeare
“This royal throne of kings, this scepter’d isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England,
This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings,
Fear’d by their breed and famous by their birth,
Renowned for their deeds as far from home,
For Christian service and true chivalry,
As is the sepulchre in stubborn Jewry
Of the world’s ransom, blessed Mary’s Son,
This land of such dear souls, this dear dear land,
Dear for her reputation through the world,
Is now leased out, I die pronouncing it,
Like to a tenement or pelting farm:
England, bound in with the triumphant sea,
Whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege
Of watery Neptune, is now bound in with shame,
With inky blots and rotten parchment bonds:
That England, that was wont to conquer others,
Hath made a shameful conquest of itself.
Ah, would the scandal vanish with my life,
How happy then were my ensuing death!”
William Shakespeare, Richard II

Albert Camus
“I didn’t like having to explain to them, so I just shut up, smoked a cigarette, and looked at the sea.”
Albert Camus, The Stranger

220 Goodreads Librarians Group — 321093 members — last activity 0 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
179584 Our Shared Shelf — 222865 members — last activity Apr 22, 2026 03:41AM
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more
year in books
Priya
236 books | 66 friends

Gero Ma...
20 books | 879 friends

Emma
71 books | 28 friends

Mallory...
920 books | 527 friends

Asavari
103 books | 9 friends





Polls voted on by Arjo

Lists liked by Arjo