Goodreads Quotes

Goodreads.com is actually about fiction not dreading goo. But I have a profile there, anyway... ~ Michael A. Arnzen

Assumptions can get you killed. --Titus Ray, Chapter 2 ~ Luana Ehrlich

MY ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS BECAUSE WHILE I STAND STILL MY VIBRATIONS STILL MOVE YOU ~ Qwana Reynolds-Frasier

I just want to read books and be emotionally crippled by the deaths of fake people who never existed, is that too much to ask?" Katsuki ~ Katsuki (goodreads)

Self Promotion on Goodreads or Amazon forums is a cardinal sin. Everywhere else on the internet, it's just part of life. If you're running for President, that IS life. ~ Jack Bee

Jesus is the light of the world. His light shines through all darkness. His love heals all hatred. His grace and mercy forgives all sins. The anointing of his blood heals the sick and the lame. His guarding angels will forever protect you and his word will forever guide you. ~ Colishia S. Benjamin

Wishful speculation is a spirit's gluttony ~ Aaron Ozee

I liked the thought that the book I was now holding had been held by dozens of others. ~ Doris Kearns Goodwin

Cleverness in itself is useless. It's like a peacock's feathers – an extravagant display used by those who crave attention.
The mind's worth is revealed when clever solves real problems. ~ Sola Kosoko

("we appreciated the intricately thought-out, detailed universe you've created for your story." ~Arthur A. Levine Books (publishers of The Harry Potter series.)) about my book! ~ Arthur A. Levine Books

Frank hasn't added any quotes yet. Add quotes now. ~ Goodreads

But Dunraven refused to ask God – he may as well be asking Santa to comb the area with Rudolph and his toy sled. ~ Jonathan Dunne

There are 2 motives for reading a book; 1. That you enjoy it, 2. that can boast about it on goodreads. ~ Bertrand Russell

At your next book club meeting, picture me sitting quietly in the corner, taking notes on your preferences. Imagine the next day you get an email from me trying to sell you a new grill - or a book - or accessories for your Glock. That's the Amazon/Goodreads deal. It's appalling. But everywhere in the press, you'll read about the genius of Amazon.
(Michael Herrmann and the booksellers of Gibson's) ~ G.R. Reader

We writers always get our revenge on paper ~ Scott Westerfeld

You cannot replace kindness by cleverness. ~ Kamon

Maybe blow-up dolls invaded Ireland during the Dark Ages, landing in the bay here. They raped the men and pillaged the women, adopted the children to imprint their rubbery ways on them, turning them into blow-up orphans. Hence,' she concludes, 'Dollymount Strand. ~ Jonathan Dunne

Everest, son, remember when I told you that asking questions is a sign of weakness? ~ Jonathan Dunne

Except that, very rarely, when the sun shines on her in the same way the sun's rays light up the inside of Stonehenge once a year, Jack finds Ruthy mesmerising. ~ Jonathan Dunne

There's no greater or trustworthy companion than yourself ~ Aaron Ozee

I wanted to send my deepest gratitude to all the ladies here on Goodreads who have given my books a chance! Your time and support mean the world to me.
Thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed them!
You've blown me away with your generosity.
xoxo,
Adele ~ Adele Hart

I don't need my
Other-half,
I'm not a
HALF... ~ Natasha Jain

Truth has a resonance to it that fills the cracks where falsehoods lie. ~ Rick DeStefanis

I understand that it's disheartening to pour effort and money into a work of art and find that others do not value it with the same intensity. I've been to this rodeo more than a few times, and yes, it's painful and hard on the soul. It is also the sort of thing that grown-ups do every day. Anyone deluded enough to think they are owed monetary success because they bled for their art is in for some hard, hard knocks and buckets full of tears. There will be many cries of "unfair" and much jealousy and hatred. And to be fair, all authors go through this every time they watch their books ride the waves of bestseller charts and the ego torture chamber known as Goodreads reviews. Even the most well-adjusted of us watch that horrible piece of shit book beat our baby to pieces and gnash our teeth and shout at our monitors demanding to know what brain-donors are shopping on amazon.com these days.

But holy Smart Bitch on a cracker, Batman, to write a post about how stupid readers are and worse to actually put it out there on the internet is so beyond the pale there's a special hell for that kind of idiocy. Let me repeat: authors exist at the pleasure of readers. Without the people who buy and read my books, I am just another dizzy broad writing shit down. Readers aren't just an author's audience; they are her lifeblood.
-- ~ Heidi Cullinan

He was a lawyer and he knew that it would be best to trust his journalist friend, but not to tell his own lawyer ~ Haidji

Goodreads.com is where introverts unite. ~ Groucho Marx

Okay, that's it! I've had enough! I'm going to trade in my Biblical Studies PhD for a hot dog! ~ Jonathan Dunne

Ruthy's got the curves of the Scalextric he had once gotten for Christmas. ~ Jonathan Dunne

Hi Edison. If you had a blog, your posts would show up here. ~ Goodreads

It's not just you, it's just what's in you ~ Aaron Ozee

I don't understand exactly what's going on, but Goodreads shouldn't be deleting reviews, period. People are smart enough to look at them on their own and make up their mind, and deleting reviews undermines the integrity of the site. ~ Brett J. Talley

Why can't people just be happy and live? ~ Jonathan Dunne

Healthy curiosity is a great key in innovation. ~ Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

I'll buy Chiquita bananas with your smoking-fund money cos this monkey is our future. All hail the monkey! ~ Jonathan Dunne

each one as it pertains to your ideal reader. If you're not sure, get online and do a little research. Go to Amazon or Goodreads.com and look up books similar to your remaining idea cards. ~ Emlyn Chand

Happiness is; knowing that Goodreads isn't blocked from my work IT system. ~ Mel Morton

If people wrote their reviews on paper and put them into a real, physical library, I am sure that the Goodreads administrators would be very reluctant to pull them down from shelves and burn them. When you can get rid of a piece of writing just by clicking on a few links, there's a temptation to believe that it's less serious. But it isn't. It's just less clear what you've done. ~ G.R. Reader

Goodreads could be a source for knowledge but instead does all readers a supreme disservice by allowing the spread of false quotes on the Internet. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Gonzo, the enlightened hippy-biker island god, was a hermit in every sense of the word; a hermit crab and this island was his shell. ~ Jonathan Dunne

A book is a writer's baby. With that being said, some writers should take the time to feed the baby and change the shitty diaper. ~ Monique (A Goodreads Reader)

Much Quote
Such Deep
So WOW
Very Goodreads ~ Doge

Time will always have the answer in the end, whether you like that answer is immaterial to Time because it tends not to keep friends. ~ Jonathan Dunne

If mysterious means a bunch of freaks being brought together by a freak car-accident, then, yes, God does vork in mysterious vays' declared the eldest Russian Doll. ~ Jonathan Dunne

To be lost is to be loved ~ Aaron Ozee

Self-discovery is life recovery. ~ Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

How does one de-friend "Goodreads Recommends" and "Based On Your Reading Preferences, You Might Enjoy," I wonder? ~ Good Readers

1484Hi Goodreads. My first day. I read all of the time but I must promote my own 2 books - Vulnerabilia and Legacy.
VULNERABILIA ~ James Dalton

People trying to force their agenda on my by deciding how I'm permitted to speak is offensive. ~ Steven Brust

Today is all you have, so gather the best from it for tomorrow too quickly becomes yesterday. ~ B.B.Wright

The handwritten pages make for fun giveaways. If someone reviews one of my books online, like on Amazon or Goodreads, they can notify me through my web site, and I'll send them an original page. They can see my creative process in all its scribbly glory. ~ Brian Pinkerton

The beauty of Goodreads is that you know you're sowing in a field where everyone, by definition and self-selection, loves to read. ~ Guy Kawasaki

We all look different, but we all are the same. We are all just human beings trying to make a difference in a world branded by globalisation. ~ Haidji

There was something so unutterably ridiculous about the sight of a US company deleting posts accusing it of censorship that many other people began to protest. ~ G.R. Reader

This book is irrelevant to Goodreads because you can't buy it on Amazon. Also it talks about oppression, censorship etc. and no one really likes reading about that because it's boring. Yet, let me tell you anyway.
The title of this book is The Image of Everyday Life in Press during the Martial Law, which is a little bit ridiculous because what could be read in Press those days when it was so heavily censored? ~ G.R. Reader

Many people have been protesting against what they describe as censorship on Goodreads. I disgree. In fact, I would like to say that I welcome the efforts that Goodreads management is making to improve the deplorably low quality of reviewing on this site.
Please, though, just give me clearer guidelines. I want to know how to use my writing to optimize Amazon sales, especially those of sensitive self-published authors. This is a matter of vital importance to me, and outweighs any possible considerations of making my reviews interesting, truthful, creative or entertaining. ~ Manny Rayner

Amazon has historically been a bully, and I don't shop there. But I love Goodreads. For the record. ~ Edan Lepucki

Dumbfounded arrogance can clutch a man, but woe will certainly kill him ~ Aaron Ozee

I have faced bullying before. Not in high school. Not in any school but when I published my now bestselling book series as an indie author back in 2010 through 2012 and became a target for indie publishing, especially in YA because I stood by Amazon self-publishing versus the traditional publishers. How I dealt with it? I kept doing what I love - writing and publishing, and giving my readers what they love. Indie publishing took off soon afterwards and now it is a valid and more desirable way to publish books. So the lesson learned is...don't let bullies stop you from doing what you love and from keeping you from giving your readers the books they love to read from you." - Kailin Gow in a National Radio Interview. ~ Kailin Gow

Even the darkest moments of one's life can be turned around and shed light for others. ~ Neal Shusterman

Avid readers are the most authentic creatures on the face of the earth, and their hearts and minds are not for sale at any price. "Mysteries for the Inspired Traveler" Goodreads blog ~ Kopman-Owens

Look,' Jesus points out, 'do you think the guy cleaning the public toilets really wants to be dealing with people's shit on a Monday morning? No, he does it because it's in his contract. I'm dealing with people's shit twenty-four-seven because,' turning to the hobbled crow and speaking sarcastically, 'it's in my contract. ~ Jonathan Dunne

Goodreads sports some of the social awkwardness of middle school. If you are looking for a friend, I promise no matter your background or book preferences I will be your friend. ~ Red Phoenix

The truth may make you bitter; but it must make you better. ~ Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

One reads for oneself and for strangers. ~ Harold Bloom

Sarah is a mirage after all; an oasis in this arid, amnesiac, desert mindscape. I fear if I get too close she too will turn to dust. ~ Jonathan Dunne

There are lots of would-be censors out there, and although they may have different agendas, they all want basically the same thing: for you to see the world they see ... or to at least shut up about what you do see that's different. they are agents of the status quo. not necessarily bad guys, but dangerous guys if you happen to believe in intellectual freedom. ~ Stephen King

Middle grade fiction shapes the lives of future adults. It is one of the most powerful forces in literature. Those who use their intellect to create works of fiction for the middle grade audience do so with an incredible privilege and responsibility as authors. For that reason, we are glad to post our reviews of their great efforts here on Goodreads. ~ Edward Gordon

I don't believe he was made in China, but I do believe he is disposable. ~ Jonathan Dunne

You know your full story so you are the best judge for yourself. ~ Arjit Tamrakar

Writing is like standing naked in the town square. ~ Rebecca Dartt

There's a fine line between being brave and just not giving a shit anymore. ~ Sara Furlong Burr

But some jokes are hilarious until they become true and they're not so funny anymore. ~ Jonathan Dunne

Sunken fleets of streaming gold are superior to all other surrounding vessels upon the raging waters, for if submerged riches were meant to be and eternally remain hidden to the naked eye, I would wish it to be so, as long as reaching hands are placed as pure ~ Aaron Ozee

Quotation is a noun. Quote is a verb. ~ Eusebius Clay

Dream sets us on fire.
Dream gives us direction.
Dream betters our potential.
Dream helps us prioritize.
Dream adds value to our work and
life.
Dream colors our future. ~ Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

Mama, rest in pieces, used to call it Dada's hibernation because sometimes people don't wake up from a coma. ~ Jonathan Dunne

If you want to feel the wonders of the flight you must be crazy enough to jump in the abyss" - George G. Asztalos ~ George Asztalos

Hw Cumming is also on Goodreads as H.W. Cumming ~ H.W. Cumming

Claiming to be offended is a great way to elevate yourself at the expense of others: "Look at me! I'm a much better person than you! And I judge you! I condemn you! Shame! Shame! SHAME!" These social media shamings bear an uncanny resemblance to medieval witch hunts. ~ Oliver Markus Malloy

Goodreads helps quite a few people that love to giveaway their books. I donate some of the books that I get from goodreads. ~ William Manchee

Everything is an echo of something I once read.

Dream, hope, and celebrate life!

Love always comes back in a song.

One thing we all have in common is a love for food and drink.

Memories never die, and dreams never end!

What is time? ~ John Siwicki

I ate a lot of candy and engaged in light stalking: I prowled Blythe's Instagram and Twitter, I read her reviews, considered photos of her baked goods and watched from a distance as she got on her soapbox – at one point bragging she was the only person she knew who used her real name and profession online. As my fascination mounted, and my self-loathing deepened, I reminded myself that there are worse things than rabid bloggers (cancer, for instance) and that people suffer greater degradations than becoming writers. But still, I wanted to respond. ~ Kathleen Hale

Before adding a new quote please first do a search and make sure it doesn't already exist in the database. ~ Goodreads

I can see how the issue of exercising corporate control over users content is truly enraging here, on a site significantly made by these contributors. It's unavoidable that we come to this, in my opinion (corporations always do), and GR/Amazon has all keys to the kingdom, but I can see why it's so disappointing and enraging.
Your content is theirs to do with as they please, their software works as they want, your choices are take it or leave it.
The Internet is no longer for sharing (nor for porn!), it's for corporations to exercise their control over users. ~ G.R. Reader

Does it count as 66 books on GoodReads if I have read the whole Bible? ~ Michael Wright

Hell (and Goodreads) hath no fury like a HEA reader scorned. ~ Todd Rainbow Warrior

This is so not an intuitive interface....(goodreads) ~ Gannon Vries

The words of wisdom for today:
Do not read anything that sucks! ~ Toba Beta

Earth is such a sweet 'n sour place, thought Gonzo, puffing on his seaweed roll-up, and he knew that if aliens did exist, then they'd probably only stop to avail of this planet's toilet facilities on the intergalactic highway. ~ Jonathan Dunne

Plot comes from the mind but the characters come from the heart! ~ Varsha Dixit

I apologize if I've rated your book but not left a review. I've noticed lately that some of my reviews are disappearing after a day or two. It may be a tech issue, might be operator error (me) but I always intend to leave at least a short comment along with a rating. ~ Chris Norbury

Why did you call me Jack of Hearts?'
'Because you like to gamble girls' hearts and play them close to your chest. ~ Jonathan Dunne

When you first approached me, all I could think was that life didn't work that way. The most beautiful boy in the universe doesn't come knocking on the grisly recluse's door. If I wrote that plot, I'd be laughed off Goodreads. ~ Eli Easton

AUTHOR'S GOODREADS PAGE: I like dysfunction. Broken people who can't fix each other, but fit together because they're missing the same pieces. ~ Lime Craven

i listed my faults under a book called
Retail Ramblings
by Kevin Domenic (Goodreads Author)

in the comments for the review by Leanne Bell, someone i love dearly and wish i never hurt and forced her to go. ~ Kevin Domenic

No, I have never had a problem finding books to read. But I have had a problem finding people who understand what it's like to really LOVE reading. Maybe even need it. People who associate periods of their life with the kinds of things they were reading then, whether in school or in dusty old rooms of a house in Holland. The kind of people who take personal journeys into books and write responses that are part review, part stories in themselves. This is what Goodreads has always given me. ~ G.R. Reader

It is by man's own hand that he finds his destruction and it is by his own hand that he will find peace. ~ Aaron Ozee

In our personal spaces, where there are no eyes to guide our better nature caressing our intentions, we sometimes gnaw in the agonizing realization that, although we charitably took on the rough task with smiling faces, our condescension has produced our worst nightmare. For a new work has triggered our insecure buttons, birthing the fear that the author may flow past our selfish desires, and find their way into the ocean of our faith, leaving us alone and desperate. And so we must, with the extremest prejudice, bomb their potential future by damming all of our congratulations. Rendering Goodreads a stale pond of green algae and used condoms. But do we not know that this same pond we all must drink from? Instead of filing another dead weight upon our self-deprecation, we should condescend to our own little devils, transforming them into loving companions with our guidance, so they may sprout wings in our charity, by praising this new work loudly to all of our friends and acquaintances. Instead of a dam, we can fashion a fountain of ascension, whose poetic mead, we may all get drunk on. Then, one day, those that we have assisted, we may one day find them returning us the favor by building us a fountain. That's my opinion on the subject anyway. This has been an exercise in poetic articulation. Signing off. ~ Sun Moon

They suffered with his death and she - she suffered with their reaction to it. ~ Haidji

And that's the most horrible thing about censorship: To avoid falling afoul of the censors, we question ourselves and censor ourselves and make a big deal out of things in our heads. We do the work of the control freaks for them, out of a desire to avoid them. ~ G.R. Reader