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Patrick Belair

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Patrick’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (207)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (312)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
political‎ (140)
military-history‎ (126)
european-history‎ (95)
ww2‎ (87)
american-history‎ (79)
fiction‎ (60)
biography‎ (52)

true-crime‎ (46)
religon‎ (45)
holocaust‎ (33)
middle-east‎ (29)
classical-fiction‎ (23)
war-on-terror‎ (23)
s-e-asia‎ (21)
autobiography‎ (19)
military-fiction‎ (17)
observations‎ (17)
ww1‎ (11)

africa‎ (10)
disasters-at-sea‎ (10)
american-revolution‎ (7)
mystery‎ (7)
civil-war‎ (6)
humor‎ (6)
sports‎ (6)
classics‎ (5)
vietnam‎ (5)
women-s-studies‎ (5)
american-west‎ (4)

cold-war‎ (4)
first-reads‎ (3)
sci-fi‎ (3)
childrens‎ (2)
motorsports‎ (2)
music‎ (2)
paranormal‎ (2)
poetry‎ (1)
s-w-asia‎ (1)

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Patrick’s Quotes

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

135911 likes

“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”
― Bob Marley

tags: music

23168 likes

“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.”
― Mortimer J. Adler

tags: books, reading

5884 likes

“If you win, you need not have to explain...If you lose, you should not be there to explain!”
― Adolf Hitler

tags: philosophy, war

2601 likes

“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”
― G.K. Chesterton

5147 likes

More of Patrick’s quotes…

The History Book Club — 26170 members — last activity 47 minutes ago
"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more

THE WORLD WAR TWO GROUP — 2726 members — last activity 1 minute ago
A chance to discuss books covering the Second World War, the battles, campaigns, leaders and weapons. Tantum librorum, tam brevi tempore (So many ...more

Holocaust and genocide — 665 members — last activity May 02, 2026 10:46AM
All books about the Holocaust and other genocides. Scholar books, memoires etc.

THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB — 6693 members — last activity 3 hours, 35 min ago
ALL GENRE COMMUNITY OF BOOK LOVERS-Perfect for those interested in good books of any genre, film and lively discussion!- from current fiction, thrille ...more