79,092 books
—
294,895 voters
Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
Matter, that thing the most solid and the well-known, which you are holding in your hands and which makes up your body, is now known to be mostly empty space. Empty space and points of light. What does this say about the reality of the
...more
“The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.”
―
―
“You are terrifying and strange and beautiful, someone not everyone knows how to love.”
―
―
“The nights you fight best are
when all the weapons are pointed at you,
when all the voices hurl their insults
while the dream is being strangled.
The nights you fight best are
when reason gets kicked in the gut,
when the chariots of gloom encircle you.
The nights you fight best are
when the laughter of fools fills the air,
when the kiss of death is mistaken for love.
The nights you fight best are
when the game is fixed,
when the crowd screams for your blood.
The nights you fight best are
on a night like this
as you chase a thousand dark rats from your brain,
as you rise up against the impossible,
as you become a brother to the tender sister of joy
and move on
regardless.”
―
when all the weapons are pointed at you,
when all the voices hurl their insults
while the dream is being strangled.
The nights you fight best are
when reason gets kicked in the gut,
when the chariots of gloom encircle you.
The nights you fight best are
when the laughter of fools fills the air,
when the kiss of death is mistaken for love.
The nights you fight best are
when the game is fixed,
when the crowd screams for your blood.
The nights you fight best are
on a night like this
as you chase a thousand dark rats from your brain,
as you rise up against the impossible,
as you become a brother to the tender sister of joy
and move on
regardless.”
―
“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“Resist much, obey little.”
― Leaves of Grass
― Leaves of Grass
siti’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at siti’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
3,490 books
|
106 friends
1,015 books
|
333 friends
1,399 books
|
274 friends
9,396 books
|
1,261 friends
3,071 books
|
3,210 friends
769 books
|
2,251 friends
1,460 books
|
3,620 friends
1,365 books
|
567 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Biography, Contemporary, Crime, Fiction, Memoir, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, and War
Polls voted on by siti
Lists liked by siti