85 books
—
64 voters
Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
to-read
(3)
currently-reading (0)
read (1693)
did-not-finish (0)
william-faulkner (27)
stephen-king (21)
virginia-woolf (16)
james-ellroy (15)
hannah-arendt (14)
james-baldwin (14)
toni-morrison (14)
balzac (12)
currently-reading (0)
read (1693)
did-not-finish (0)
william-faulkner (27)
stephen-king (21)
virginia-woolf (16)
james-ellroy (15)
hannah-arendt (14)
james-baldwin (14)
toni-morrison (14)
balzac (12)
oe
(11)
raymond-chandler (11)
cormac-mccarthy (9)
henry-james (9)
simone-weil (9)
albert-camus (8)
judith-butler (8)
william-shakespeare (8)
chester-himes (7)
f-scott-fitzgerald (7)
david-goodis (6)
don-delillo (6)
raymond-chandler (11)
cormac-mccarthy (9)
henry-james (9)
simone-weil (9)
albert-camus (8)
judith-butler (8)
william-shakespeare (8)
chester-himes (7)
f-scott-fitzgerald (7)
david-goodis (6)
don-delillo (6)
“That is always a dangerous moment, he said, to make a big decision, when you are not sure of what you deserve. Evidently his friends shared his opinion, because all of them urged him, without hesitation, to take it. It is interesting how keen people are for you to do something they would never dream of doing themselves, how enthusiastically they drive you to your own destruction: even the kindest ones, the ones that are most loving, can rarely have your interests at heart, because usually they are advising you from within lives of greater security and greater confinement, where escape is not a reality but simply something they dream of sometimes. Perhaps, he said, we are all like animals in the zoo, and once we see that one of us has got out of the enclosure we shout at him to run like mad, even though it will only result in him becoming lost.”
― Outline
― Outline
“If you walk through life and don't help anybody, you haven't had much of a life”
―
―
“Then there are words like pomegranate trees in bloom,
words like the sun igniting the sea beyond mountainous horizons,
flashing like mysterious knives ...
Such words are the burning roses of an infinite imagination;
they are born and they die with the flutterings of butterflies;
we carry those words in our hearts like pregnant shotguns until the day we expire,
martyred for the words we were prepared to die for ...”
―
words like the sun igniting the sea beyond mountainous horizons,
flashing like mysterious knives ...
Such words are the burning roses of an infinite imagination;
they are born and they die with the flutterings of butterflies;
we carry those words in our hearts like pregnant shotguns until the day we expire,
martyred for the words we were prepared to die for ...”
―
“I hide your portrait
in a closet with no holes
your dress
in the dresser
I place the mirror on the bracket
upside down
remains of your hair
are dancing on the windowsill
in direction of the wind
in my room
there is always
a vacant chair”
―
in a closet with no holes
your dress
in the dresser
I place the mirror on the bracket
upside down
remains of your hair
are dancing on the windowsill
in direction of the wind
in my room
there is always
a vacant chair”
―
kohey’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at kohey’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by kohey
Lists liked by kohey


































