Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
“Dear Milena,
I wish the world were ending tomorrow. Then I could take the next train, arrive at your doorstep in Vienna, and say: “Come with me, Milena. We are going to love each other without scruples or fear or restraint. Because the world is ending tomorrow.” Perhaps we don’t love unreasonably because we think we have time, or have to reckon with time. But what if we don't have time? Or what if time, as we know it, is irrelevant? Ah, if only the world were ending tomorrow. We could help each other very much.”
― Letters to Milena
I wish the world were ending tomorrow. Then I could take the next train, arrive at your doorstep in Vienna, and say: “Come with me, Milena. We are going to love each other without scruples or fear or restraint. Because the world is ending tomorrow.” Perhaps we don’t love unreasonably because we think we have time, or have to reckon with time. But what if we don't have time? Or what if time, as we know it, is irrelevant? Ah, if only the world were ending tomorrow. We could help each other very much.”
― Letters to Milena
“It's not my responsibility to be beautiful. I'm not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me.”
―
―
“His eyes were the same colour as the sea in a postcard someone sends you when they love you, but not enough to stay.”
―
―
“envy is the only deadly sin that's no fun for the sinner”
― Portrait of the Alcoholic
― Portrait of the Alcoholic
“I should never be able to fulfill what is,I understand, the first duty of a lecturer-to hand you after an hour's discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap up between the pages of your notebooks and keep on the mantelpiece forever".”
― A Room of One’s Own
― A Room of One’s Own
Javaria’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Javaria’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Javaria
Lists liked by Javaria