76,897 books
—
286,180 voters
“Books were safer than other people anyway.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“We are only here for a little while, and our bodies belong to ourselves and no one else.”
― God, No! Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales
― God, No! Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales
“I cannot find any patience for those people who believe that you start writing when you sit down at your desk and pick up your pen and finish writing when you put down your pen again; a writer is always writing, seeing everything through a thin mist of words, fitting swift little descriptions to everything he sees, always noticing. Just as I believe that a painter cannot sit down to his morning coffee without noticing what color it is, so a writer cannot see an odd little gesture without putting a verbal description to it, and ought never to let a moment go by undescribed.”
― Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings
― Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings
“What are you?'
'I'm the Turtle, son. I made the universe, but please don't blame me for it; I had a bellyache.”
― It
'I'm the Turtle, son. I made the universe, but please don't blame me for it; I had a bellyache.”
― It
“What he knew, he knew from books, and books lied, they made things prettier.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
Anton’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Anton’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Manga, Mystery, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science fiction, Thriller, and Young-adult
Polls voted on by Anton
Lists liked by Anton























