Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book

A

Add friend
Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about A.


The Blood Countes...
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
Loading...
Walter Benjamin
“Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like.”
Walter Benjamin, Illuminations: Essays and Reflections

Walter Benjamin
“It is the task of the translator to release in his own language that pure language that is under the spell of another, to liberate the language imprisoned in a work in his re-creation of that work.”
Walter Benjamin, Illuminations: Essays and Reflections

Haruki Murakami
“I get irritated, I get upset. Especially when I'm in a hurry. But I see it all as part of our training. To get irritated is to lose our way in life.”
Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase

J.D. Salinger
“And I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight.”
J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

Walter Benjamin
“To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.”
Walter Benjamin

year in books
Christo...
94 books | 31 friends

S. Anto...
363 books | 40 friends

Liz
Liz
910 books | 161 friends

Allie
162 books | 8 friends

Ashley ...
28 books | 14 friends

Dylan T...
127 books | 30 friends

Colleen...
2,239 books | 12 friends

Kate
827 books | 22 friends

More friends…

Favorite Genres



Polls voted on by A

Lists liked by A