Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
Aaron R.
https://www.goodreads.com/vaaren
“In its swelling pride
The bubble doubts the truth of the sea
And laughs and bursts into emptiness”
― Fireflies: a collection of proverbs, aphorisms and maxims
The bubble doubts the truth of the sea
And laughs and bursts into emptiness”
― Fireflies: a collection of proverbs, aphorisms and maxims
“When death comes and whispers to me
'Thy days are ended.'
let me say to him, 'I have lived in love
and not in mere time.'
He will ask 'Will thy songs remain?'
I shall say 'I know not, but this I know
that often when I sang I found my eternity.”
―
'Thy days are ended.'
let me say to him, 'I have lived in love
and not in mere time.'
He will ask 'Will thy songs remain?'
I shall say 'I know not, but this I know
that often when I sang I found my eternity.”
―
“The moment you put a piece of music on a phonograph, it begins to die.”
―
―
“Every rock is a day Denny doesn’t waste. Smooth river granite. Blocky
dark basalt. Every rock is a little tombstone, a little monument to each day
where the work most people do just evaporates or expires or becomes
instantly outdated the moment it’s done. I don’t mention this stuff to the
reporter, or ask him what happens to his work the moment after it goes out on
the air. Airs. Is broadcast. Evaporates. Gets erased. In a world where we work
on paper, where we exercise on machines, where time and effort and money
passes from us with so little to show for it, Denny gluing rocks together seems
normal.”
― Choke
dark basalt. Every rock is a little tombstone, a little monument to each day
where the work most people do just evaporates or expires or becomes
instantly outdated the moment it’s done. I don’t mention this stuff to the
reporter, or ask him what happens to his work the moment after it goes out on
the air. Airs. Is broadcast. Evaporates. Gets erased. In a world where we work
on paper, where we exercise on machines, where time and effort and money
passes from us with so little to show for it, Denny gluing rocks together seems
normal.”
― Choke
“True empathy, if it exists at all, should be a silent, selfless act, a connection forged without fanfare or self-congratulation. But more often than not, empathy becomes a performance, a display of moral superiority that serves only to inflate the ego of the empathizer.”
―
―
Goodreads Librarians Group
— 344784 members
— last activity 0 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
Non Fiction Book Club
— 5251 members
— last activity 21 hours, 14 min ago
This group is for anyone who enjoys Non Fiction. Genres discussed here include Histories, Autobiographies, Biographies, Memoirs, Science and Technolog ...more
Aaron’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Aaron’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Aaron
Lists liked by Aaron






















