1,289 books
—
4,255 voters
read
(1208)
currently-reading (4)
to-read (1768)
manga (130)
favorites (101)
topic-buddhism (79)
topic-japanese-in-translation (65)
audiobooks (55)
reviews (52)
to-read-series-fiction (39)
awards-cybils-2020 (37)
currently-reading (4)
to-read (1768)
manga (130)
favorites (101)
topic-buddhism (79)
topic-japanese-in-translation (65)
audiobooks (55)
reviews (52)
to-read-series-fiction (39)
awards-cybils-2020 (37)
diy-mfa
(34)
canon-star-wars (33)
topic-witchcraft (26)
challenge-sirens-con-2019 (25)
challenge-sirens-con-2021 (25)
topic-yoga (22)
canon-dragon-age (21)
challenge-bookie-trials (19)
reviews-girls-in-capes (19)
club-bookstagram (17)
arcs-netgalley (15)
canon-star-wars (33)
topic-witchcraft (26)
challenge-sirens-con-2019 (25)
challenge-sirens-con-2021 (25)
topic-yoga (22)
canon-dragon-age (21)
challenge-bookie-trials (19)
reviews-girls-in-capes (19)
club-bookstagram (17)
arcs-netgalley (15)

“We begin life with the world presenting itself to us as it is. Someone—our parents, teachers, analysts—hypnotizes us to "see" the world and construe it in the "right" way. These others label the world, attach names and give voices to the beings and events in it, so that thereafter, we cannot read the world in any other language or hear it saying other things to us. The task is to break the hypnotic spell, so that we can become undeaf, unblind, and multilingual, thereby letting the world speak to us in new voices and write all its possible meaning in the new book of our existence.”
― The Transparent Self
― The Transparent Self
“It’s all contradictions. Whitman said, ‘Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes.’ He”
― Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing
― Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing

“We are, all of us, wandering about in a state of oblivion, borrowing our time, seizing our days, escaping our fates, slipping through loopholes, unaware of when the axe may fall.”
― I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death
― I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death

“After he had sailed around the Mediterranean in 1869, Mark Twain said that travel was “fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” Neuroscientists have been trying for years to pin down what it is about travel that alters us, how it effects mental change. Neural pathways become ingrained, automatic, if they operate only by habit. They are highly attuned to alterations, to novelty. New sights, sounds, languages, tastes, smells stimulate different synapses in the brain, different message routes, different webs of connection, increasing our neuroplasticity. Our brains have evolved to notice differences in our environment: it’s how we’re alerted to predators, to potential danger. To be sensitive to change, then, is to ensure survival.”
― I Am, I Am, I Am
― I Am, I Am, I Am

“If I had my life to live over, I’d try and make more mistakes next time. I would relax. I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have been this trip. I know of very few things I would take seriously. I would be crazier. I would be less hygienic. I would take more chances. I would take more trips. I would climb more mountains, swim more rivers and watch more sunsets. I would eat more ice cream and less beans. I would have more actual troubles and fewer imaginary ones. You see, I am one of those people who live prophylactically and sanely and sensibly, hour after hour, day after day. Oh, I have had my moments and, if I had to do it over again, I’d have more of them. In fact, I’d try to have nothing else. Just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead each day. I have been one of those people who never go anywhere without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a gargle, a raincoat, and a parachute. If I had to do it over again, I would go places and do things and travel lighter than I have. If I had my life to live over, I would start bare-footed earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would play hooky more. I wouldn’t make such good grades except by accident. I would ride on more merry-go-rounds. I’d pick more daisies.”
― Spilling Open: The Art of Becoming Yourself
― Spilling Open: The Art of Becoming Yourself

People participating in the 100 Books Challenge at GirlsInCapes.com. Let us know what you're reading, what you liked, and how far you've gotten in the ...more

A social media platform that makes more sense for the many disparate members of the LOTR Fanatics Plaza

**Due to COVID-19, this group is meeting via Zoom. Please signup through the meetup page to get the link.** We are an in-person book club for womxn w ...more

Sharing inspiring literature from and about women in Buddhism

Discover and recommend more feminist reads here: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/96419.The_Feminist_Orchestra_Potential_Reading_List We're also o ...more
Rine’s 2020 Year in Books
Take a look at Rine’s Year in Books. The good, the bad, the long, the short—it’s all here.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Rine
Lists liked by Rine