Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
S
https://www.goodreads.com/swelltastic
“We're forgetting each plant's proper naming,
Classifications we've learnt from reading;
We stop recalling the links and logic,
Accounts of the world's internal working,
And I wonder—do you hear strange music?”
―
Classifications we've learnt from reading;
We stop recalling the links and logic,
Accounts of the world's internal working,
And I wonder—do you hear strange music?”
―
“I am dead to the wild world's lunacy,
And now rest in a tranquil universe!
I live alone in my own holy ecstasy,
Within my rapture—within my Verse!”
―
And now rest in a tranquil universe!
I live alone in my own holy ecstasy,
Within my rapture—within my Verse!”
―
“To make America’s least employable citizens dependent on the whims of the state, rather than their neighbors, is to clear a path for demagogues.”
―
―
“Little stirs people to write as much as death’s approach.”
―
―
“The Tower of Babel is one of those mythological narratives that, in the words of the 4th-century philosopher Sallustius, 'never happened, but always are.' Man in his arrogance always strives against his own nature and circumstances to bring together the different nations of the world and establish an order that can facilitate some lofty ideal and he always fails. Just as Nimrod’s tower fell, so did Alexander’s, Cyrus’s, Attila’s, and Napoleon’s. This sort of geopolitical project—even when buttressed by the best reasons and most noble goals—never succeeds.”
―
―
Goodreads Librarians Group
— 332874 members
— last activity 8 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
S’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at S’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by S
Lists liked by S























