Sign in with Facebook
13,055 books
—
80,109 voters
to-read
(335)
currently-reading (3)
read (304)
shy-or-introverted-girl-guy (13)
ya (9)
romance (7)
2019 (6)
maureen-johnson (6)
meg-cabot (6)
historical-fiction (5)
love-the-cover (5)
currently-reading (3)
read (304)
shy-or-introverted-girl-guy (13)
ya (9)
romance (7)
2019 (6)
maureen-johnson (6)
meg-cabot (6)
historical-fiction (5)
love-the-cover (5)
old-english
(5)
historical-romance (4)
jane-austen (4)
memorable (4)
no (4)
fast-pace (3)
favorites (3)
life-lessons (3)
action-packed (2)
another-cinderella-story (2)
christmas (2)
historical-romance (4)
jane-austen (4)
memorable (4)
no (4)
fast-pace (3)
favorites (3)
life-lessons (3)
action-packed (2)
another-cinderella-story (2)
christmas (2)
Bean in the Books
is currently reading
progress:
(page 72 of 321)
"It’s so difficult to read this woman flippantly dismissing one of her daughters while fighting tooth and nail for the other" — Jun 24, 2025 08:18PM
"It’s so difficult to read this woman flippantly dismissing one of her daughters while fighting tooth and nail for the other" — Jun 24, 2025 08:18PM
“The more sure I am that I'm right, the more likely I will actually be mistaken. My need to be right makes it more likely that I will be wrong! Likewise, the more sure I am that I am mistreated, the more likely I am to miss ways that I am mistreating others myself. My need for justification obscures the truth.”
― The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict
― The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict
“Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?”
―
―
“IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT.
In her attic bedroom Margaret Murry, wrapped in an old patchwork quilt, sat on the foot of her bed and watched the trees tossing in the frenzied lashing of the wind. Behind the trees clouds scudded frantically across the sky. Every few moments the moon ripped through them, creating wraithlike shadows that raced along the ground.
The house shook.
Wrapped in her quilt, Meg shook.
...
The window rattled madly in the wind, and she pulled the quilt close about her. Curled up on one of her pillows, a gray f luff of kitten yawned, showing its pink tongue, tucked its head under again, and went back to sleep.”
―
In her attic bedroom Margaret Murry, wrapped in an old patchwork quilt, sat on the foot of her bed and watched the trees tossing in the frenzied lashing of the wind. Behind the trees clouds scudded frantically across the sky. Every few moments the moon ripped through them, creating wraithlike shadows that raced along the ground.
The house shook.
Wrapped in her quilt, Meg shook.
...
The window rattled madly in the wind, and she pulled the quilt close about her. Curled up on one of her pillows, a gray f luff of kitten yawned, showing its pink tongue, tucked its head under again, and went back to sleep.”
―
“If you see people of a particular race or culture as objects, your view of them is racist, whatever your color or lack of color or you power or lack of power.”
― The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict
― The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict
“So, for example, if I had been raised in a critical or demanding environment, it might have been easier for me, relatively speaking, to find refuge in worse-than or need-to-be-seen-as justifications. Those who were raised in affluent or sanctimonious environments, on the other hand, may naturally gravitate to better-than and I-deserve justifications, and so on. Need-to-be-seen-as boxes might easily arise in such circumstances as well. “But the key point, and the point that is the same for all of us, is that we all grab for justification, however we can get it. Because grabbing for justification is something we do, we can undo it. Whether we find justification in how we are worse or in how we are better, we can each find our way to a place where we have no need for justification at all. We can find our way to peace—deep, lasting, authentic peace—even when war is breaking out around us.”
― The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict
― The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict
Bean in the Books’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Bean in the Books’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,713 books
|
1,175 friends
840 books
|
257 friends
698 books
|
205 friends
3,495 books
|
4,424 friends
723 books
|
62 friends
1,917 books
|
24 friends
1,137 books
|
3,149 friends
7,622 books
|
1,074 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Bean in the Books
Lists liked by Bean in the Books
