Sign in with Facebook
1,472 books
—
1,386 voters
Seth
https://www.goodreads.com/sethink
to-read
(97)
currently-reading (4)
read (928)
did-not-finish (1)
nobel-prize-in-literature (69)
poetry (57)
philosophy (51)
favorites (38)
currently-reading (4)
read (928)
did-not-finish (1)
nobel-prize-in-literature (69)
poetry (57)
philosophy (51)
favorites (38)
religion
(35)
childhood (34)
travel (34)
sylvie-s-favorites (33)
missouri-writers (27)
guyana (26)
music (24)
polynesia-pacific (22)
childhood (34)
travel (34)
sylvie-s-favorites (33)
missouri-writers (27)
guyana (26)
music (24)
polynesia-pacific (22)
“Que sçais-je?" (What do I know?)”
―
―
“If music be the food of love, play on;
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.
That strain again! it had a dying fall:
O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound,
That breathes upon a bank of violets,
Stealing and giving odour! Enough; no more:
'Tis not so sweet now as it was before.
O spirit of love! how quick and fresh art thou,
That, notwithstanding thy capacity
Receiveth as the sea, nought enters there,
Of what validity and pitch soe'er,
But falls into abatement and low price,
Even in a minute: so full of shapes is fancy
That it alone is high fantastical.”
― Twelfth Night
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.
That strain again! it had a dying fall:
O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound,
That breathes upon a bank of violets,
Stealing and giving odour! Enough; no more:
'Tis not so sweet now as it was before.
O spirit of love! how quick and fresh art thou,
That, notwithstanding thy capacity
Receiveth as the sea, nought enters there,
Of what validity and pitch soe'er,
But falls into abatement and low price,
Even in a minute: so full of shapes is fancy
That it alone is high fantastical.”
― Twelfth Night
“The meaning of life is that it stops.”
―
―
“Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind,
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves,
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach,
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow.
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.”
―
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves,
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach,
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow.
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.”
―
“This is what you shall do; Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body.”
―
―
Seth’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Seth’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,907 books
|
89 friends
1,007 books
|
30 friends
365 books
|
75 friends
2,511 books
|
150 friends
1,949 books
|
348 friends
254 books
|
34 friends
1,257 books
|
49 friends
1,088 books
|
74 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Adult Fiction, Art, Book Club, Classics, Contemporary, Fiction, History, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Music, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Science, Travel, and War
Polls voted on by Seth
Lists liked by Seth
