Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
Lydia Ventrelli
https://www.goodreads.com/dysxleia
Still, at least I was making noise, adding to the great secretarial din, that chorus of clacking and bells, thousands of desks receding into the past. And that was more than can be said for the mute rooms of furniture, the speechless cruets
...more
“A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.”
―
―
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
―
―
“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet
“And so it goes...”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
“Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.”
― All's Well That Ends Well
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.”
― All's Well That Ends Well
Lydia ’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Lydia ’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
383 books
|
65 friends
2,250 books
|
365 friends
4,222 books
|
131 friends
1,737 books
|
5,001 friends
1,120 books
|
3,182 friends
73 books
|
114 friends
574 books
|
271 friends
1,362 books
|
269 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Lydia
Lists liked by Lydia