916 ratings (3.77 avg)
258 reviews

Kira

Add friend

http://www.couldreads.com

https://www.goodreads.com/kirasue13

Kira’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (19)

currently-reading‎ (0)

read‎ (945)

favorites‎ (96)

Stats | More…

“These people who can see right through you never quite do you justice, because they never give you credit for the effort you're making to be better than you actually are, which is difficult and well meant and deserving of some little notice.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Gilead

tags: judgement

263 likes

“There are a thousand thousand reasons to live this life, everyone of them sufficient”
― Marilynne Robinson

tags: mindfulness, suicide

138 likes

“In a country that doesn't discriminate between fame and infamy, the latter presents itself as plainly more achievable.”
― Lionel Shriver, We Need to Talk About Kevin

tags: fame, infamy, right-and-wrong

134 likes

“It seemed clear that wars were not made by generations and their special stupidities, but that wars were made instead by something ignorant in the human heart”
― John Knowles, A Separate Peace

171 likes

“Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge, and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be his world, than he who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow.”
― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

280 likes

More of Kira’s quotes…

recent posts
Kira’s Groups

Advanced Copies for Review & Book Giveaways — 16054 members — last activity 12 hours, 12 min ago
A place to help authors and reviewers come together to get the word out about new books as well as a group for anyone to post or enter listings for bo ...more

Cannonball Readers — 234 members — last activity Jan 21, 2026 07:09AM
Cannonball Read is an annual, memorial book challenge to read and review 52, 26, or 13 books in a year, all while fundraising for the American Cancer ...more

Ask Mary Roach - Wednesday, April 10th! — 494 members — last activity Sep 19, 2022 12:25PM
Join us on Wednesday, April 10th for a special discussion with author Mary Roach! Mary will be discussing her work, including her most recent book Gul ...more