to-read
(218)
currently-reading (16)
read (2098)
did-not-finish (0)
japan (131)
fiction-belles-lettres (63)
history (56)
manga (51)
fiction-fantasy (45)
sociology (43)
children-s-literature (41)
social-fiction (41)
currently-reading (16)
read (2098)
did-not-finish (0)
japan (131)
fiction-belles-lettres (63)
history (56)
manga (51)
fiction-fantasy (45)
sociology (43)
children-s-literature (41)
social-fiction (41)
biographical
(31)
fiction-science (31)
france (31)
great-colonial-war-1900-present (31)
china (28)
fiction-heroics (28)
gender (27)
fiction-crime (26)
economy (25)
military-history (20)
politics (19)
fantasy (18)
fiction-science (31)
france (31)
great-colonial-war-1900-present (31)
china (28)
fiction-heroics (28)
gender (27)
fiction-crime (26)
economy (25)
military-history (20)
politics (19)
fantasy (18)
a spiritual experience without naming it,” Steven replied. “I think that was it. He said he needed to convince the higher-up military brass, the top ranks. These are people who had never known a meditative state. I think he wanted to get
...more
“I remembered my New
Orleans days, living on two five-cent candy bars a day for weeks at a time in order to have leisure to
write. But starvation, unfortunately, didn't improve art. It only hindered it. A man's soul was rooted in
his stomach. A man could write much better after eating a porterhouse steak and drinking a pint of
whiskey than he could ever write after eating a nickel candy bar. The myth of the starving artist was a
hoax.”
― Factotum
Orleans days, living on two five-cent candy bars a day for weeks at a time in order to have leisure to
write. But starvation, unfortunately, didn't improve art. It only hindered it. A man's soul was rooted in
his stomach. A man could write much better after eating a porterhouse steak and drinking a pint of
whiskey than he could ever write after eating a nickel candy bar. The myth of the starving artist was a
hoax.”
― Factotum
“We're all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing.”
―
―
“Human relationships didn't work anyhow. Only the first two weeks had any zing, then the participants lost their interest. Masks dropped away and real people began to appear: cranks, imbeciles, the demented, the vengeful, sadists, killers. Modern society had created its own kind and they feasted on each other. It was a duel to the death--in a cesspool.”
― Women
― Women
Goodreads Librarians Group
— 328842 members
— last activity 2 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
Littérature française du XXIe siècle
— 2849 members
— last activity Jun 13, 2026 08:01AM
Romans français et francophones de l'an 2001 à nos jours. ...more
Ivan’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ivan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Ivan
Lists liked by Ivan




























