Sign in with Facebook
15,552 books
—
17,881 voters
to-read
(23)
currently-reading (2)
read (1443)
club (33)
2024 (32)
book (31)
for (29)
recommended (8)
by (5)
class (5)
gothic (3)
lit (3)
currently-reading (2)
read (1443)
club (33)
2024 (32)
book (31)
for (29)
recommended (8)
by (5)
class (5)
gothic (3)
lit (3)
2023
(2)
books (2)
co-op (2)
elenchus (2)
it (2)
of (2)
on (2)
schoolwork (2)
sister (2)
someone (2)
suzy-s (2)
the (2)
books (2)
co-op (2)
elenchus (2)
it (2)
of (2)
on (2)
schoolwork (2)
sister (2)
someone (2)
suzy-s (2)
the (2)
There had been rain the night before-a spring rain, and the earth smelt of sap and wild grasses. The warm, soft breeze swung the leaves and the golden buds of the old oak tree, and in the sunshine the blackbirds were whistling their hearts
...more
“Human beings, as a rule, simply don't accept things that don't fit their worldview.”
― How to Stop Time
― How to Stop Time
“A problem with living in the twenty-first century..... we are made to feel poor on thirty thousand pounds a year. To feel poorly travelled if we have only been to ten other countries. To feel old if we have a wrinkle. To feel ugly if we aren’t photo shopped and filtered.”
― How to Stop Time
― How to Stop Time
“It made me lonely. And when I say lonely, I mean the kind of loneliness that howls through you like a desert wind. It wasn't just the loss of people I had known but also the loss of myself. The loss of who I had been when I had been with them.”
― How to Stop Time
― How to Stop Time
“You couldn't be old and still be wrong about as many things as she'd been wrong about, and it was a kind of immaturity to call yourself old before you were.”
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
“Music doesn't get in. Music is already in. Music simply uncovers what is there, makes you feel emotions that you didn't necessarily know you had inside you, and runs around waking them all up. A rebirth of sorts.”
― How to Stop Time
― How to Stop Time
National Writers Series
— 36 members
— last activity Mar 18, 2013 09:16AM
The Traverse City National Writers Series supports Grand Traverse area high school students pursuing writing careers by bringing to life great convers ...more
Lisa Q’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Lisa Q’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
565 books
|
338 friends
3,864 books
|
667 friends
219 books
|
38 friends
275 books
|
4,676 friends
982 books
|
31 friends
539 books
|
53 friends
1,207 books
|
61 friends
1,373 books
|
121 friends
More friends…
Polls voted on by Lisa Q
Lists liked by Lisa Q
