Category: Book Discussion
Notes, thoughts, feedback from JMRL book groups
“The language of love was the same as the language of medicine.”
“If we could talk to animals, goes the song.”
“The boys could have been many things had they not been ruined by that place.”
“… he was drawn back into the stream of being because there was once again a life in his hands. Things mattered.”
“I won’t tell you what kind of man your daddy was. I’ll let my story do that and you be the judge.”
“Why feel bad about what you couldn’t change? Why not embrace it?”
“Man, you know how it goes. One day chicken. Next day bone.”
“Each of Us Is More Than the Worst Thing We’ve Ever Done.”
“Not all differences lead to disability. Some lead to exceptionality.”
“Parents always want to manage the narrative instead of letting kids write their own.”
“But why would anyone—officer, seaman, or scientist—volunteer for such a risky and difficult mission in the Arctic?”
