Derek

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

https://www.goodreads.com/groted

A Map to the Door...
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
The Butcher's Mas...
Derek is currently reading
by Matt Dinniman (Goodreads Author)
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
Book cover for Condensed Chaos: An Introduction to Chaos Magic
Explanations don’t matter, experience does. Someone asks “Do you believe in Ghosts?” No. Which is not to say that I’ve never seen things which could be explained as ghosts. Not at all. It’s just that I haven’t taken up the common beliefs ...more
Loading...
Natsume Sōseki
“I believe that words uttered in passion contain a greater living truth than do those words which express thoughts rationally conceived. It is blood that moves the body. Words are not meant to stir the air only: they are capable of moving greater things.”
Natsume Soseki, Kokoro

Sherwood Anderson
“Love is like a wind stirring the grass beneath trees on a black night,' he had said. 'You must not try to make love definite. It is the divine accident of life. If you try to be definite and sure about it and to live beneath the trees, where soft night winds blow, the long hot day of disappointment comes swiftly and the gritty dust from passing wagons gathers upon lips inflamed and made tender by kisses.”
Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio

John Kendrick Bangs
“Pandemonium did not reign; it poured.”
John Hendrick Bangs

Groucho Marx
“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

Natsume Sōseki
“You seem to be under the impression that there is a special breed of bad humans. There is no such thing as a stereotype bad man in this world. Under normal conditions, everybody is more or less good, or, at least, ordinary. But tempt them, and they may suddenly change. That is what is so frightening about men.”
Natsume Soseki, Kokoro

3057 Bizarro Fiction — 1106 members — last activity Nov 22, 2025 02:00PM
This is a group devoted to lovers of bizarro fiction. Whether you write it or read it, you are welcome here. Come join us in our love of the weird and ...more
year in books
Whitney...
979 books | 53 friends

Kevin M...
1,140 books | 119 friends

Bradley
3,143 books | 1,383 friends

Elizabeth
1,015 books | 443 friends

Pascale
1,919 books | 59 friends

Layla
282 books | 60 friends

Stefan
716 books | 46 friends

Chance
1,546 books | 290 friends

More friends…



Polls voted on by Derek

Lists liked by Derek