306 ratings (3.48 avg)
0 reviews
more photos (1)

Alex Ash

Add friend

https://www.goodreads.com/Hanniba1

Alex’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (26)

currently-reading‎ (0)

read‎ (307)

did-not-finish‎ (0)

Stats | More…

Alex’s Quotes

“A fine line separates the weary recluse from the fearful hermit. Finer still is the line between hermit and bitter misanthrope.”
― Dean Koontz, Velocity

tags: agoraphobia, fear, hermit, misanthrope, misanthropy, social-isolation

78 likes

“It is likely I will die next to a pile of things I was meaning to read.”
― Lemony Snicket

1961 likes

“If you're reading this...
Congratulations, you're alive.
If that's not something to smile about,
then I don't know what is.”
― Chad Sugg, Monsters Under Your Head

tags: alive, congratulations, hope, humanity, inspiration, inspirational, inspire, life, poetry, smile, wisdom

8493 likes

“Am I a good person? Deep down, do I even really want to be a good person, or do I only want to seem like a good person so that people (including myself) will approve of me? Is there a difference? How do I ever actually know whether I'm bullshitting myself, morally speaking?”
― David Foster Wallace, Consider the Lobster and Other Essays

tags: ethics, happyness, morality

812 likes

“I also believe in cigarettes, cholesterol, alcohol, carbon monoxide, masturbation, the Arts Council, nuclear weapons, the Daily Telegraph, and not properly labeling fatal poisons, but above all else, most of all, I believe in the one thing that can come out of people's mouths: vomit.”
― Dennis Potter, The Singing Detective

tags: hatred, misanthropy

32 likes

More of Alex’s quotes…