Sign in with Facebook
He regretted his offer the instant he made it, for the truth was that Jude was his favorite of the three of them to paint: He was the most beautiful of them, with the most interesting face and the most unusual coloring, and he was the
...more
“That life - whatever else it is - is short. That fate is cruel but maybe not random. That Nature (meaning Death) always wins but that doesn’t mean we have to bow and grovel to it. That maybe even if we’re not always so glad to be here, it’s our task to immerse ourselves anyway: wade straight through it, right through the cesspool, while keeping eyes and hearts open. And in the midst of our dying, as we rise from the organic and sink back ignominiously into the organic, it is a glory and a privilege to love what Death doesn’t touch.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
Booktok 📚
— 222594 members
— last activity 43 minutes ago
A place for booktokers to interact with each other and share the love
Shannon’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Shannon’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
821 books
|
111 friends
104 books
|
30 friends
322 books
|
19 friends
2,368 books
|
58 friends
188 books
|
64 friends
202 books
|
11 friends
297 books
|
52 friends
191 books
|
37 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Art, Classics, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Memoir, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Spirituality, and Travel
Polls voted on by Shannon
Lists liked by Shannon
