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Powerful Literary Quotes (Day 20)

Their Eyes Were Watching God Author: Zora Neale Hurston Year: 1937 “She had waited all her life for something, and it had killed her when it found her.”  

Powerful Literary Quotes (Day 18)

Valis Author: Philip K. Dick Year: 1981 “It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”  

Powerful Literary Quotes (Day 19)

Frankenstein Author: Mary Shelley Year: 1818 “Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.”  

Powerful Literary Quotes (Day 15)

Stardust  Author: Neil Gaiman Year: 1999 “She says nothing at all, but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars.”  

Powerful Literary Quotes (Day 14)

The Price of Salt Author: Patricia Highsmith Year: 1952 “Perhaps it was freedom itself that choked her.”  

Powerful Literary Quotes (Day 12)

Middlemarch Author: George Eliot Year: 1874 “We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, “Oh, nothing!” Pride helps; and pride is not… Continue Reading “Powerful Literary Quotes (Day 12)”

Powerful Literary Quotes (Day 11)

Beloved Author: Toni Morrison Year: 1987 “You are your best thing”  

Powerful Literary Quotes (Day 10)

Breakfast at tiffany’s Author: Truman Capote Year: 1958 “Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.”  

May Short Book Reviews

These short book reviews were kindly requested by Lean Stone Book Club. American History by William Willis The blurb pretty much covers everything that the book entails. It definitely is a road map to discovering America and where everything originates. What I found interesting… Continue Reading “May Short Book Reviews”