927 ratings (3.03 avg)
263 reviews

Koz

Add friend

Koz’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (802)
currently-reading‎ (1)

read‎ (960)
did-not-finish‎ (0)

dwtd‎ (64)
should-be-funny‎ (4)

eva-and-me‎ (1)

Stats | More…

Koz is Currently Reading

Koz is currently reading

Family of Liars

by E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author)

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

Mar 19, 2026 05:45AM

“You can’t be fiercely loving without also being passionate - and sometimes passionate isn’t pretty. What might seem testy is actually scar tissue, the residual effects of trauma that I lived through.”
― Jonathan Van Ness, Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love

10 likes

“One thing I have come to notice in my life is that recovery for me has not been linear. It’s more two steps forward, three back, five forward, two back, so I’m always improving but there are setbacks within the improvement.”
― Jonathan Van Ness, Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love

7 likes

“It’s not gonna be pretty, but it’s my truth, and if I don’t share it, I won’t be able to help others who are struggs to func.”
― Jonathan Van Ness, Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love

3 likes

“Life is so much a daily exercise in learning to love yourself and forgive yourself, over and over.”
― Jonathan Van Ness, Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love

10 likes

“There’s a rhyme and reason behind my effervescent spirit, and no, I did not wake up like this. It took a lot of trauma and tears to become the person you see today.”
― Jonathan Van Ness, Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love

12 likes

More of Koz’s quotes…