1,219 books
—
6,121 voters
Menjol Almeida
https://www.goodreads.com/menjol
“since the order of the world is shaped by death, mightn't it be better for God if we refuse to believe in Him and struggle with all our might against death, without raising our eyes towards the heaven where He sits in silence?”
―
―
“Charles Darwin, who had witnessed the
atrocities perpetrated against Argentina’s native
Indians by Juan Manuel de Rosas, had predicted
that “the country will be in the hands of white
Gaucho savages instead of copper-coloured Indians.
The former being a little superior in education,
as they are inferior in every moral virtue.”
― Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
atrocities perpetrated against Argentina’s native
Indians by Juan Manuel de Rosas, had predicted
that “the country will be in the hands of white
Gaucho savages instead of copper-coloured Indians.
The former being a little superior in education,
as they are inferior in every moral virtue.”
― Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
“What an astonishing thing a book is. It's a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it and you're inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, an author is speaking clearly and silently inside your head, directly to you. Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic."
[Cosmos, Part 11: The Persistence of Memory (1980)]”
― Cosmos
[Cosmos, Part 11: The Persistence of Memory (1980)]”
― Cosmos
“It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.”
―
―
Estetas Cansados
— 651 members
— last activity Feb 09, 2021 10:39AM
Um grupo para gente que até coiso mas afinal não.
Diversity in All Forms!
— 1970 members
— last activity Feb 12, 2026 07:43PM
This book club will engage participants on a variety of culturally relevant topics that have included (but are not limited to): ethnicity/race, countr ...more
Menjol’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Menjol’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Menjol
Lists liked by Menjol

























































