Category: Book Discussion
Notes, thoughts, feedback from JMRL book groups
“When we share our grief, we validate the fact that the person we have loved and lost made a lasting impression on our lives.”
“Strangely enough I was not at all afraid at this moment. Instead I found myself thinking as I stood there in the middle of the wreckage, So this is how it is.”
“It is so easy to have principles. Far, far harder to live by them.”
“There it was again: conscience. Lincoln believed he was acting according to motives higher than the merely political.”
“There’s a time to live and a time to die. In between there’s time to remember.”
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“Truthfully, this is the fabric of all my fantasies: love shown not by a kiss or a wild look or a careful hand but by a willingness for research.”
“Once again, the library had my back. I left feeling a lot less desperate and scared than when I’d arrived.”
“I got up every day thinking the sun was out there shining, and it could just as well shine on me as any other human person.”
