“an autobiography held out the promise of hearing truths that only friends confess to one another but are knowledge you need to live.” NeedsPromiseHearingAutobiography Author:Phyllis Rose
“I believe we need literature, which, by allowing us to experience more fully, to imagine more fully, enables us to live more freely.” NeedsBelieveLiteratureI BelieveImagineAllowing Author:Phyllis Rose
“More people should visit Antarctica, metaphorically speaking, on their own. That is one of the conclusions I have reached, one of my recommendations: explore something, even if it's just a bookshelf. Make a stab in the dark. Read off the beaten path. Your attention is precious. Be careful of other people trying to direct how you dispense it. Confront your own values. Decide what it is you are looking for an then look for it. Perform connoisseurship. We all need to create our own vocabulary of appreciation, or we are trapped by the vocabulary of others.” PeopleIfsNeedsShouldTryingLooksValuesDarkAttentionPathDirectCarefulAppreciationConclusionBe CarefulTrappedBeatenVocabularyRecommendationsBookshelvesAntarcticaBeaten PathOff The Beaten Path Book:The Shelf: From LEQ to LES: Adventures in Extreme Reading Source: The Shelf: From LEQ to LES: Adventures in Extreme Reading
