Sign in with Facebook
“It’s painful, loving someone from afar.
Watching them – from the outside.
The once familiar elements of their life reduced to nothing more than occasional mentions in conversations and faces changing in photographs…..
They exist to you now as nothing more than living proof that something can still hurt you … with no contact at all.”
―
Watching them – from the outside.
The once familiar elements of their life reduced to nothing more than occasional mentions in conversations and faces changing in photographs…..
They exist to you now as nothing more than living proof that something can still hurt you … with no contact at all.”
―
“One last word," I said in my horrible English, "are you quite, quite sure that--well, not tomorrow, of course, and not after tomorrow , but--well--some day, any day, you will not come live with me? I will create a new God and thank him with piercing cries, if you give me that microscopic hope."
"No," she said smiling, "no."
"It would have made all the difference," said Humbert Humbert.”
― Lolita
"No," she said smiling, "no."
"It would have made all the difference," said Humbert Humbert.”
― Lolita
“a little downy girl still wearing poppies
still eating popcorn in the colored gloam
where tawny Indians took paid croppers
because you stole her
from her wax-browed and dignified protector
spitting into his heavy-lidded eye
ripping his flavid toga and at dawn
leaving the hog to roll upon his new discomfort
the awfulness of love and violets
remorse despair while you
took a dull doll to pieces
and threw its head away
because of all you did
because of all I did not
you have to die”
― Lolita
still eating popcorn in the colored gloam
where tawny Indians took paid croppers
because you stole her
from her wax-browed and dignified protector
spitting into his heavy-lidded eye
ripping his flavid toga and at dawn
leaving the hog to roll upon his new discomfort
the awfulness of love and violets
remorse despair while you
took a dull doll to pieces
and threw its head away
because of all you did
because of all I did not
you have to die”
― Lolita
“Perhaps, somewhere, some day, at a less miserable time, we may see each other again.”
― Lolita
― Lolita
“Hearts can break. Yes, hearts can break. Sometimes I think it would be better if we died when they did, but we don't.”
― Hearts in Atlantis
― Hearts in Atlantis
Glasgow Libraries
— 124 members
— last activity Jun 29, 2017 10:06AM
A book group hosted by Glasgow Libraries. A great way to meet other readers and discover new authors. We look forward to sharing and reviewing books w ...more
Heather’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Heather’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
637 books
|
19 friends
392 books
|
28 friends
120 books
|
6 friends
321 books
|
23 friends
20 books
|
2 friends
47 books
|
19 friends
18 books
|
14 friends
0 books
|
5 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Heather
Lists liked by Heather
