Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book

Harry Rubin

Add friend
Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about Harry.


Twilight of the I...
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
Peter the Great: ...
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
Catch-22
Harry Rubin is currently reading
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
See all 5 books that Harry is reading…
Loading...
“Why do we romanticize the dead? Why can't we be honest about them? Especially moms. They're the most romanticized of anyone.

Moms are saints, angels by merely existing. NO ONE could possibly understand what it's like to be a mom. Men will never understand. Women with no children will never understand. No one buts moms know the hardship of motherhood, and we non-moms must heap nothing but praise upon moms because we lowly, pitiful non-moms are mere peasants compared to the goddesses we call mothers.”
Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died

Nikolai Gogol
“The human obsession with purpose is merely a distraction from the absurdity of existence”
GOGOL NIKOLAI

John McPhee
“Reviewing our experiences, we had become more and more convinced that carrying arms was not only unnecessary in most grizzly country but was certainly no good for the desired atmosphere and proper protocol in obtaining good film records. If we were to obtain such film and fraternize successfully with the big bears, it would be better to go unarmed in most places. The mere fact of having a gun within reach, cached somewhere in a pack or a hidden holster, causes a man to act with unconscious arrogance and thus maybe to smell different or to transmit some kind of signal objectionable to bears. The armed man does not assume his proper role in association with the wild ones, a fact of which they seem instantly aware at some distance. He, being wilder than they, whether he likes to admit it or not, is instantly under even more suspicion than he would encounter if unarmed. One must follow the role of an uninvited visitor—an intruder—rather than that of an aggressive hunter, and one should go unarmed to insure this attitude.”
John McPhee, Coming into the Country

Kai Bird
“Oppenheimer’s warnings were ignored—and ultimately, he was silenced. Like that rebellious Greek god Prometheus—who stole fire from Zeus and bestowed it upon humankind, Oppenheimer gave us atomic fire. But then, when he tried to control it, when he sought to make us aware of its terrible dangers, the powers-that-be, like Zeus, rose up in anger to punish him.”
Kai Bird, American Prometheus: THE INSPIRATION FOR 'OPPENHEIMER', WINNER OF 7 OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR AND BEST ACTOR

Svetlana Alexievich
“There can't be one heart for hatred and another for love. We only have one, and I always thought about how to save my heart.”
Svetlana Alexievich, War's Unwomanly Face

year in books
MuzWot ...
1,256 books | 5,381 friends

Bri Young
719 books | 62 friends

Subham
6,268 books | 2,437 friends

A.G. St...
290 books | 2,154 friends

Lars Je...
3,283 books | 586 friends

J.T. Os...
87 books | 383 friends

Sadie
103 books | 68 friends

Michell...
33 books | 39 friends

More friends…



Polls voted on by Harry

Lists liked by Harry