Category: Book Discussion
Notes, thoughts, feedback from JMRL book groups
“We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.”
“The tattooing has taken only seconds, but Lale’s shock makes time stand still.”
“It takes a whole lot longer to dispose of a body than to dispose of a soul, especially if you don’t want to leave any evidence of foul play.”
“Valor rarely reaps the dividends it should.”
“Fifteen men on the Dead Man’s Chest Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!”
“Once a story you’ve regarded as true has turned false, you begin suspecting all stories.”
“An education is not so much about making a living as making a person.”
“There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot.”
“Then there was the shame of the writer who doesn’t write.”
“What kind of idiot goes on a picnic and ends up buying a house?”
“Why did people ask ‘What is it about?’ as if a novel had to be about only one thing.”
