to-read
(670)
currently-reading (6)
read (246)
modernism (47)
history (44)
avant-garde (35)
modernity (35)
italy (31)
art-history (30)
fascism (30)
fiction (29)
novel (26)
currently-reading (6)
read (246)
modernism (47)
history (44)
avant-garde (35)
modernity (35)
italy (31)
art-history (30)
fascism (30)
fiction (29)
novel (26)
france
(25)
xxth-century (24)
philosophy (23)
1910 (22)
1920 (22)
germany (22)
xixth-century (22)
1930 (21)
nationalism (21)
fin-de-sciecle (17)
revolution (16)
aesthetics (15)
xxth-century (24)
philosophy (23)
1910 (22)
1920 (22)
germany (22)
xixth-century (22)
1930 (21)
nationalism (21)
fin-de-sciecle (17)
revolution (16)
aesthetics (15)


“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.”
―
―

“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. ”
―
―

“A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.”
― Scientific Autobiography and Other Papers
― Scientific Autobiography and Other Papers

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
― The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
Bertrand’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Bertrand’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Bertrand
Lists liked by Bertrand