“Why so much grief for me? No man will hurl me down to Death, against my fate. And fate? No one alive has ever escaped it, neither brave man nor coward, I tell you - it’s born with us the day that we are born.”
― The Iliad
― The Iliad
“Achilles glared at him and answered, "Fool, prate not to me about covenants. There can be no covenants between men and lions, wolves and lambs can never be of one mind, but hate each other out and out an through. Therefore there can be no understanding between you and me, nor may there be any covenants between us, till one or other shall fall”
― The Iliad
― The Iliad
“Why have you come to me here, dear heart, with all these instructions? I promise you I will do everything just as you ask. But come closer. Let us give in to grief, however briefly, in each other's arms.”
― The Iliad
― The Iliad
“The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too”
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
“…There is the heat of Love, the pulsing rush of Longing, the lover’s whisper, irresistible—magic to make the sanest man go mad.”
― The Iliad
― The Iliad
vk’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at vk’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by vk
Lists liked by vk




























