233 ratings (3.92 avg)
211 reviews

Samson

Add friend

Samson’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (196)
currently-reading‎ (1)

read‎ (378)
favorites‎ (55)

dnf‎ (1)

Stats | More…

Samson is Currently Reading

Samson is currently reading

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

by Cormac McCarthy

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Feb 15, 2024 06:11PM

“I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled. I could not control the world I was in, could not walk away from things or people or moments that hurt, but I took joy in the things that made me happy.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

tags: childhood, happiness

2088 likes

“We all know how loving ends. But I want to fall in love with the world anyway, to let it crack me open. I want to feel what there is to feel while I am here.”
― John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

tags: feeling, love, loving

486 likes

“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.”
― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

1271 likes