Ryan Gillett
https://www.goodreads.com/rgillett
“I hope I never ridicule what is wise or good.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“There are such things as ghosts. People everywhere have always known that. And we believe in them every bit as much as Homer did. Only now, we call them by different names. Memory. The unconscious.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“There is nothing wrong with the love of Beauty. But Beauty - unless she is wed to something more meaningful - is always superficial.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“Now that I am rooted I am no longer limited by motion. Now I may move anywhere in the universe. I sing with the stars. I dance with the galaxies. I share in the joy—and in the grief.”
― A Wind in the Door
― A Wind in the Door
“though I can digress with the best of them, I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
Ryan’s 2025 Year in Books
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Biography, Business, Classics, History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Science, and Self help
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