to-read
(101)
currently-reading (2)
read (298)
20th-century (134)
classics (64)
contemporary (63)
british (56)
polish (50)
favourite (43)
21th-century (40)
children-young-adult (36)
fantasy (32)
currently-reading (2)
read (298)
20th-century (134)
classics (64)
contemporary (63)
british (56)
polish (50)
favourite (43)
21th-century (40)
children-young-adult (36)
fantasy (32)
19th-century
(27)
french (26)
american (21)
history-of-art (18)
existentialism (15)
drama (13)
feminism (11)
medieval (8)
german (5)
journalism (5)
nobel-prize (5)
poetry (5)
french (26)
american (21)
history-of-art (18)
existentialism (15)
drama (13)
feminism (11)
medieval (8)
german (5)
journalism (5)
nobel-prize (5)
poetry (5)
“Why does one feel so different at night? Why is it so exciting to be awake when everybody else is asleep? Late—it is very late! And yet every moment you feel more and more wakeful, as though you were slowly, almost with every breath, waking up into a new, wonderful, far more thrilling and exciting world than the daylight one. And what is this queer sensation that you’re a conspirator? Lightly, stealthily you move about your room. You take something off the dressing-table and put it down again without a sound. And everything, even the bedpost, knows you, responds, shares your secret…
You're not very fond of your room by day. You never think about it. You're in and out, the door opens and slams, the cupboard creaks. You sit down on the side of your bed, change your shoes and dash out again. A dive down to the glass, two pins in your hair, powder your nose and off again. But now–it's suddenly dear to you. It's a darling little funny room. It's yours. Oh, what a joy it is to own things! Mine–my own!”
― At the Bay
You're not very fond of your room by day. You never think about it. You're in and out, the door opens and slams, the cupboard creaks. You sit down on the side of your bed, change your shoes and dash out again. A dive down to the glass, two pins in your hair, powder your nose and off again. But now–it's suddenly dear to you. It's a darling little funny room. It's yours. Oh, what a joy it is to own things! Mine–my own!”
― At the Bay
“Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners.”
― A Room of One’s Own
― A Room of One’s Own
“So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say.”
― A Room of One’s Own
― A Room of One’s Own
“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”
― The Hours
― The Hours
“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
― A Room of One’s Own
― A Room of One’s Own
UCLU Book Club
— 50 members
— last activity Apr 05, 2013 05:07AM
The ~official~ UCLU Book Club group
Kacper’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Kacper’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Kacper
Lists liked by Kacper























