Sign in with Facebook
read
(1383)
currently-reading (0)
to-read (7)
review-of-the-year (9)
king-james-bible (67)
classics (43)
lovecraft (34)
favorites (31)
trash (31)
russian (24)
bierce (21)
dostoevsky (21)
currently-reading (0)
to-read (7)
review-of-the-year (9)
king-james-bible (67)
classics (43)
lovecraft (34)
favorites (31)
trash (31)
russian (24)
bierce (21)
dostoevsky (21)
eliot
(20)
beckett (19)
blake (19)
japanese (19)
conrad (18)
kafka (18)
manga (18)
faulkner (17)
joyce (17)
shakespeare (16)
barker (15)
hughes-ted (15)
beckett (19)
blake (19)
japanese (19)
conrad (18)
kafka (18)
manga (18)
faulkner (17)
joyce (17)
shakespeare (16)
barker (15)
hughes-ted (15)
“I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all.”
― The Sirens of Titan
― The Sirens of Titan
“Books are immortal sons defying their sires.”
―
―
“They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.
But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another's throats.
Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself.”
― High Windows
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.
But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another's throats.
Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself.”
― High Windows
“In a room where
people unanimously maintain
a conspiracy of silence,
one word of truth
sounds like a pistol shot.”
―
people unanimously maintain
a conspiracy of silence,
one word of truth
sounds like a pistol shot.”
―
“I don’t think I shall ever find peace till I make up my mind about things,’ he said gravely. He hesitated. ‘It’s very difficult to put into words. The moment you try you feel embarrassed. You say to yourself: “Who am I that I should bother myself about this, that, and the other? Perhaps it’s only because I’m a conceited prig. Wouldn’t it be better to follow the beaten track and let what’s coming to you come?” And then you think of a fellow who an hour before was full of life and fun,and he’s lying dead; it’s all so cruel and meaningless. It’s hard not to ask yourself what life is all about and whether there’s any sense to it or whether it’s all a tragic blunder of blind fate.”
― The Razor’s Edge
― The Razor’s Edge
Descending’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Descending’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,280 books
|
382 friends
2,655 books
|
708 friends
2,247 books
|
3,569 friends
1,284 books
|
392 friends
401 books
|
380 friends
2,094 books
|
5,000 friends
1,716 books
|
81 friends
665 books
|
161 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Descending
Lists liked by Descending
