7,692 books
—
13,758 voters
disparaître. Une circonstance que nous avons


“You have no enemies, you say? Alas, my friend, the boast is poor. He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done. You’ve hit no traitor on the hip. You’ve dashed no cup from perjured lip. You’ve never turned the wrong to right. You’ve been a coward in the fight.”
―
―

“We travel not for trafficking alone;
By hotter winds our hearts are fanned:
For lust of knowing what should not be known
We take the Golden Road to Samarkand.”
―
By hotter winds our hearts are fanned:
For lust of knowing what should not be known
We take the Golden Road to Samarkand.”
―

“Ce qui est étonnant, dit-il, c’est que ce public qui ne juge ainsi des hommes et des choses de la guerre que par les journaux est persuadé qu’il juge par lui-même. »”
― A la recherche du temps perdu
― A la recherche du temps perdu

“And all their remains. And not all the king’s men nor his horses Will resurrect his corpus For there’s no true spell in Connacht or hell â€�(bis) That’s able to raise a Cain.”
― Finnegans Wake & Exiles
― Finnegans Wake & Exiles

2013 was the year for reading—or re-reading—Marcel Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu or In Search of Lost Time for many of us. However, these th ...more
Michael’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Michael’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends�
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Michael
Lists liked by Michael