“I think I made a mistake with [Jane] Austen by reading all six in a row. There are similarities to the plots so by the time I got to the last one I could anticipate what was happening too easily. But her characterizations are amazing.” ThinkingMadeLastsReadingMistakeSixHappeningsPlotJaneAnticipateSimilarityMade A MistakeAustenCharacterizationI Made A Mistake Author:Stephen Dobyns
“I'm reading "The Sunset of a Splendid Century" by W.H. Lewis. He was C.S. Lewis's brother. He wrote two books about the French court of Louis XIV that are incredibly detailed. They are books that on every page you say, "Wow, think of that."” ThinkingTwoBookReadingCenturyBrotherPagesCourtSunsetWowSplendid Author:Stephen Dobyns
“He thinks of that ocean house and wishes he were back in his former life or that one could take one moment and remain inside it like an egg inside its shell, instead of constantly being hurried into the future by good luck or bad.” ThinkingMomentsHouseWishOceanLuckFormerEggsShellsGood LuckFormer Life Book:Black dog, red dog: poems Source: Black dog, red dog: poems
“My wife's dying upstairs and I can't do anything about it. I look in her face and I see the memories there. I see how I hurt her and how I said the wrong things and how I got angry and how I wasn't the man she hoped I'd be. I see that in her face and I see she's going to die with that. You think I'm not preoccupied?” ThinkingMenLooksSaidI CanFacesDiesHurtMemoriesWifeDyingAngryMy WifeWrong ThingsUpstairs Author:Stephen Dobyns
