Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
to-read
(438)
currently-reading (2)
read (748)
did-not-finish (0)
psych-and-self-help (269)
grad-school (160)
poetry (131)
fiction (122)
criticism-and-theory (114)
currently-reading (2)
read (748)
did-not-finish (0)
psych-and-self-help (269)
grad-school (160)
poetry (131)
fiction (122)
criticism-and-theory (114)
work
(105)
christianity (95)
depth-psychology (93)
nonfiction (83)
memoir (78)
chapter-or-section-only (68)
favorites (65)
jungian-archetypal-psych (60)
revisit (55)
christianity (95)
depth-psychology (93)
nonfiction (83)
memoir (78)
chapter-or-section-only (68)
favorites (65)
jungian-archetypal-psych (60)
revisit (55)
“I've had sex with lots of guys, but I think I did it mostly out of fear. I was scared not to have somebody putting his arms around me, so I could never say no. That's all. Nothing good ever came of sex like that. All it does is grind down the meaning of life a piece at a time.”
― After Dark
― After Dark
“The extended family, the community, and religion may indeed have limited our freedom, sexual and otherwise, but in return they offered us a much-needed sense of belonging. For generations, these traditional institutions provided order, meaning, continuity, and social support. Dismantling them has left us with more choices and fewer restrictions than ever. We are freer, but also more alone. As Giddens describes it, we have become ontologically more anxious.”
― Mating in Captivity: Sex, Lies and Domestic Bliss
― Mating in Captivity: Sex, Lies and Domestic Bliss
“You know what I think?" she says. "That people's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Whether those memories have any actual importance or not, it doesn't matter as far as the maintenance of life is concerned. They're all just fuel. Advertising fillers in the newspaper, philosophy books, dirty pictures in a magazine, a bundle of ten-thousand-yen bills: when you feed 'em to the fire, they're all just paper. The fire isn't thinking 'Oh, this is Kant,' or 'Oh, this is the Yomiuri evening edition,' or 'Nice tits,' while it burns. To the fire, they're nothing but scraps of paper. It's the exact same thing. Important memories, not-so-important memories, totally useless memories: there's no distinction--they're all just fuel.”
― After Dark
― After Dark
“Once you make up your mind to get rid of something, there’s very little you can’t discard. No – not very little. Once you put your mind to it, there’s nothing you can’t get rid of. And once you start tossing things out, you find yourself wanting to get rid of everything. It’s as if you’d gambled away almost all your money and decided, What the hell, I’ll bet what’s left. Too much trouble to cling to the rest”
― Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
― Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
“If you have to choose between something that has form and something that doesn't, go for the one without form. That's my rule.”
― Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
― Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge
— 27028 members
— last activity 13 hours, 52 min ago
An annual reading challenge to to help you stretch your reading limits and explore new voices, worlds, and genres! The challenge begins in January, bu ...more
Michelle’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Michelle’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Polls voted on by Michelle
Lists liked by Michelle















