Matas Grigaliūnas
https://www.goodreads.com/hydrogenum
“Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before," Bokonon tells us. "He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way.”
― Cat’s Cradle
― Cat’s Cradle
“Anyone unable to understand how useful religion can be founded on lies will not understand this book either.”
― Cat’s Cradle
― Cat’s Cradle
“If I were a younger man, I would write a history of human stupidity; and I would climb to the top of Mount McCabe and lie down on my back with my history for a pillow; and I would take from the ground some of the blue-white poison that makes statues of men; and I would make a statue of myself, lying on my back, grinning horribly, and thumbing my nose at You Know Who.”
― Cat’s Cradle
― Cat’s Cradle
“Live by the harmless untruths that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy.”
― Cat’s Cradle
― Cat’s Cradle
“Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, “It might have been.”
― Cat's Cradle
― Cat's Cradle
Matas’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Matas’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Matas
Lists liked by Matas




































