Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
“Nothing is ever perfect. It is what you make of it.”
― Something Borrowed
― Something Borrowed
“Third, there is the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something. Of these three trembling cities the greatest is the last--the city of final destination, the city that is a goal. It is this third city that accounts for New York's high-strung disposition, its poetical deportment, its dedication to the arts, and its incomparable achievements. Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness; natives give it solidity and continuity; but the settlers give it passion.”
― Here Is New York
― Here Is New York
“But I have learned that you make your own happiness, that part of going for what you want means losing something else. And when the stakes are high, the losses can be that much greater.”
― Something Borrowed
― Something Borrowed
“Anxiety was not an emotion I could ever remember feeling when I went out in New York, and I wondered why tonight felt so different. Maybe it was because I no longer had a boyfriend or fiance. I suddenly recognized that there was safety in having someone, as well as a lack of pressure to shine. Ironically, this had cultivated a certain free-spiritedness that had, in turn, allowed me to be the life of the party and hoard the affection of additional men....But that had all changed. I didn't have a boyfriend, a perfect figure, or alcohol-induced outrageousness to fall back on.”
― Something Blue
― Something Blue
“Yet I'm sure there's something more to be read in a man. People dare not -- they dare not turn the page. The laws of mimicry -- I call them the laws of fear. People are afraid to find themselves alone, and don't find themselves at all. I hate this moral agoraphobia -- it's the worst kind of cowardice. You can't create something without being alone. But who's trying to create here? What seems different in yourself: that's the one rare thing you possess, the one thing which gives each of us his worth; and that's just what we try to suppress. We imitate. And we claim to love life.”
― The Immoralist
― The Immoralist
Beth’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Beth’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,689 books
|
139 friends
528 books
|
176 friends
1,598 books
|
138 friends
484 books
|
103 friends
1,317 books
|
97 friends
500 books
|
90 friends
267 books
|
6 friends
464 books
|
39 friends
More friends…
Polls voted on by Beth
Lists liked by Beth