Category: Book Discussion
Notes, thoughts, feedback from JMRL book groups
“Why did people ask ‘What is it about?’ as if a novel had to be about only one thing.”
“I never understood why people thought my color, any color, needed fixing.”
“The truth was that lately, she had not had quite enough happening in her life.”
“My life was narrated for me by others. Their voices were forceful, emphatic, absolute. It had never occurred to me that my voice might be as strong as theirs.”
“At that moment, for the first time ever, I felt I’d become a part in the machine of society. I’ve been reborn, I thought.”
“The spider’s web is a home and a trap.”
“Working in the hospital teaches you that there are only two kinds of people in the world: the sick and the not sick. If you are not sick, shut up and help.”
“I believe in Christmas and the New World. I believe that there is good in each of us no matter who we are or what we believe in.”
“How can I explain to anyone that stories are like air to me/ I breathe them in and let them out over and over again.”
“The most frightening thing in the world is to discover the abnormal in that which is closest to us.”
“I don’t believe that blood makes a family; kin is the circle you create, hands held tight.”
