8,709 books
—
25,683 voters
Raederle Phoenix
http://www.raederle.com
“Jesus Christ knew he was God. So wake up and find out eventually who you really are. In our culture, of course, they’ll say you’re crazy and you’re blasphemous, and they’ll either put you in jail or in a nut house (which is pretty much the same thing). However if you wake up in India and tell your friends and relations, ‘My goodness, I’ve just discovered that I’m God,’ they’ll laugh and say, ‘Oh, congratulations, at last you found out.”
― The Essential Alan Watts
― The Essential Alan Watts
“Intricacy that counts is mainly intricacy at eye level, change in the rise of ground, groupings of trees, openings leading to various focal points—in short, subtle expressions of difference. The subtle differences in setting are then exaggerated by the differences in use that grow up among them.”
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
“To approach a city, or even a city neighborhood, as if it were a larger architectural problem, capable of being given order by converting it into a disciplined work of art, is to make the mistake of attempting to substitute art for life. The results of such profound confusion between art and life are neither life nor art. They are taxidermy. In its place, taxidermy can be a useful and decent craft. However, it goes too far when the specimens put on display are exhibitions of dead, stuffed cities.”
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
“Nothing brings on jealousy like laughter.”
― That Mad Ache
― That Mad Ache
“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.”
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Raederle’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Raederle’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Raederle
Lists liked by Raederle






































