Sign in with Facebook
85 books
—
74 voters
The only thing that changed was the book. One time it’d be Mickey Spillane, another time Kenzaburo Oe, another time Allen Ginsberg. Didn’t matter what it was, as long as it was a book. The students who drifted in and out of the place would
...more
“For the heart, life is simple: it beats for as long as it can. Then it stops.”
― Min kamp 1
― Min kamp 1
“Emotional. Out of his mind grateful. Anything goes. I love you, I love you, I love you.”
― Period
― Period
“When I started writing
I was a sick teenaged
fuck inside who partly
thought I was the new
Marquis de Sade, a body
doomed to communicate
with Satan who was us-
ing my sickness as his
home away from home,
and there’s your proof.”
―
I was a sick teenaged
fuck inside who partly
thought I was the new
Marquis de Sade, a body
doomed to communicate
with Satan who was us-
ing my sickness as his
home away from home,
and there’s your proof.”
―
“Only those who have learnt the tongue of angels can tell how one’s name will sound in the language of light.”
―
―
“And this the world calls frenzy; but the wise
Have a far deeper madness, and the glance
Of melancholy is a fearful gift;
What is it but the telescope of truth?
Which strips the distance of its fantasies,
And brings life near in utter nakedness,
Making the cold reality too real!”
―
Have a far deeper madness, and the glance
Of melancholy is a fearful gift;
What is it but the telescope of truth?
Which strips the distance of its fantasies,
And brings life near in utter nakedness,
Making the cold reality too real!”
―
Val’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Val’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
3,221 books
|
2,473 friends
2,311 books
|
592 friends
7,659 books
|
1,350 friends
18 books
|
4,966 friends
66,345 books
|
3,218 friends
1,486 books
|
797 friends
2,716 books
|
2,613 friends
223 books
|
455 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Adult Fiction, African American, Art, Biography, Book Club, Classics, Contemporary, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Graphic novels, History, Horror, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Science fiction, Self help, Suspense, Spirituality, Thriller, and War
Polls voted on by Val
Lists liked by Val
