Sign in with Facebook
These unfortunate men and women had come by the thousands to California, dreaming of a better life, only to find themselves marooned in unsanitary, overcrowded camps and reviled by local residents.
“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.”
―
―
“Life as it proceeds reveals, cooly and dispassionately, what lies behind the mask that each man wears. It would seem that everyone possesses several faces. Some people use only one all the time, and it then, naturally, becomes soiled and wrinkled. These are the thrifty sort. Others look after their masks in the hope of passing them on to their descendants. Others again are constantly changing their faces. But all of them, when they reach old age, realise one day that the mask they are wearing is their last and that it will soon be worn out, and then, from behind the last mask, the real face appears.”
― The Blind Owl
― The Blind Owl
“Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.”
―
―
“There were creakings, scurryings, and hoarse doubtful noises; and I thought uncomfortably about the hidden tunnels suggested by the grocery boy.”
― The Shadow over Innsmouth
― The Shadow over Innsmouth
“Opens I mouth, for make noise in I's hurt, and say of fire is come through I, and rise, and rise, with grits of bright, in neath of old black sky.”
― Voice of the Fire
― Voice of the Fire
David’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at David’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
688 books
|
1,530 friends
72 books
|
71 friends
158 books
|
31 friends
107 books
|
55 friends
470 books
|
41 friends
391 books
|
128 friends
285 books
|
55 friends
0 books
|
71 friends
More friends…
Polls voted on by David
Lists liked by David