Category: Book Discussion
Notes, thoughts, feedback from JMRL book groups
“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.”
“Libraries were havens for everyone, he might’ve told her, not just the clean and productive.”
The Art of Gathering
Brown Baggers Book Club Selections
“It make one’s mouth hurt to speak with such forced merriment.”
“When you hear stories from people like you, you feel less alone. When you feel less alone, and like you have a community of people behind you, alongside you, I believe you can live a better life.”
“A thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may not happen and be truer than the truth.”
“In our finest hours, though, the soul of the country manifests itself in an inclination to open our arms rather than to clench our fists”
“If you wish success you must master the American language . . . I can tell in your face that you will not learn it.”
