Category: Book Discussion
Notes, thoughts, feedback from JMRL book groups
“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
“If you must err, do so on the side of audacity.”
“Caring too much for objects can destroy you. Only—if you care for a thing enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn’t it?”
“Whatever you is, Onion,” he said, “be it full.”
“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.”
There is no story that is not true … The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others.
“But then self-doubt has always been there for Billy, self-doubt and its cousin the berating voice, these faithful companions have always been on call to help him through the critical junctures of his life.”
“Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things can not be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.”
“The mind and heart cannot be demobilised as quickly as the platoon. On the contrary, like a fiery furnace at white heat, it takes a considerable time to cool.”
“If you want anything done right, you will have to see to it yourself every time.”
“Izz, I’ve learned the hard way that to have any kind of a future you’ve got to give up hope of ever changing your past.”
