169 ratings (3.36 avg)
28 reviews

Rushda

Add friend

Rushda’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (89)
currently-reading‎ (1)

read‎ (193)
did-not-finish‎ (0)

looking-for‎ (2)

Stats | More…

Rushda is Currently Reading

Rushda is currently reading

Khufu's Wisdom

by Naguib Mahfouz

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Aug 01, 2013 01:50AM

“There's an epigram tacked to my office bulletin board, pinched from a magazine -- "Wanting to meet an author because you like his work is like wanting to meet a duck because you like pâté.”
― Margaret Atwood , Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing

tags: authors, disappointment, epigrams, fandom, on-writing, similes, writers

379 likes

“The freshness of my eyes is given to me in prayer.”
― Anonymous, القرآن الكريم

tags: spirituality

31 likes

“There’s no disaster that can’t become a blessing, and no blessing that can’t become a disaster.”
― Richard Bach, One

81 likes

“Holding anger is a poison...It eats you from inside...We think that by hating someone we hurt them...But hatred is a curved blade...and the harm we do to others...we also do to ourselves.”
― Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven

tags: ruby-anger

2818 likes

“By day the banished sun circles the earth like a grieving mother with a lamp.”
― Cormac McCarthy, The Road

260 likes

More of Rushda’s quotes…

recent posts
Rushda’s Groups

Book lovers — 456 members — last activity Mar 11, 2020 11:06PM
A group for people to discuss great books and other random topics

Reading is my escape — 1030 members — last activity Sep 11, 2018 04:51PM
my goal is to get a group of people together who view reading as a HUGE part of their life to chat about books, life, stresses, whatever! Facebook P ...more

Indian Literature and the Arts — 600 members — last activity Nov 27, 2022 07:42AM
This group is created to talk about Indian literature, be it in English or regional languages, whether or not translated into English and books about ...more

Islam — 1340 members — last activity May 23, 2026 11:42AM
A group for the Muslim readers as well as those who are interested in Islam. Spread the word to whoever it may concern. Don't be afraid to start new ...more

Victorians! — 3808 members — last activity 4 hours, 52 min ago
Some of the best books in the world were written and published in Great Britain between 1837 and 1901. What's not to love? Dickens, the Brontes, Co ...more

More of Rushda’s groups…