“We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.”
― 1984
― 1984
“Always learn poems by heart. They have to become the marrow in your bones. Like fluoride in the water, they'll make your soul impervious to the world's soft decay.”
― White Oleander
― White Oleander
“What better occupation, really, than to spend the evening at the fireside with a book, with the wind beating on the windows and the lamp burning bright...Haven't you ever happened to come across in a book some vague notion that you've had, some obscure idea that returns from afar and that seems to express completely your most subtle feelings?”
― Madame Bovary
― Madame Bovary
“She didn't want to know how a thing was done, but why.... Luckily, queer ones like her don't happen often.”
― Fahrenheit 451
― Fahrenheit 451
“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.”
― Atlas Shrugged
― Atlas Shrugged
Gabrielle’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Gabrielle’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Gabrielle
Lists liked by Gabrielle






















































