September 15, 2011 JMRL Blog “If Mr. Clemens cannot think of something better to tell our pure-minded lads and lasses,” she said, “he had best stop writing for them.” – Louisa May Alcott
September 8, 2011 JMRL Blog “If you are killed because you are a writer, that’s the maximum expression of respect, you know.” – Mario Varga Llosa
August 24, 2011 JMRL Blog “I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.” – Pablo Casals
August 18, 2011 JMRL Blog “I’m ashamed. Sometimes, Senator. Ashamed of what goes on in Mississippi.” Carlton Phelan Skeeter’s father (Pg 268)
August 9, 2011 JMRL Blog “When I competed for Afghan Star, I wanted to prove that a woman from Herat could sing,” says Tarana, adjusting her trademark stylish rectangular glasses. “Now that I have been elected to the provincial council, I will prove to people that a lady who can sing can be in politics as well.” Farida Tarana
July 22, 2011 JMRL Blog “My most important problem was destroying the lines of demarcation that separates what seems real from what seems fantastic” – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
June 16, 2011 JMRL Blog “You decide for yourself when it will hurt.” — Per Petterson (Out Stealing Horses)
June 8, 2011 JMRL Blog “I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can’t see from the center.” Kurt Vonnegut