“Ethical dilemmas have a way of sneaking up on a person. If something smells funny, stay away from it. Or help get rid of it.” IfsWayPersonsHelpingFunnySmellEthicalDilemmaSneaking UpEthical Dilemmas Author:Price Pritchett
“Men make the mistake of thinking that because women can't see the sense in violence, they must be passive creatures. It's just not true. In one important way, at least, men are the passive sex. Given a choice, they will always opt for the status quo. They hate change of any kind, and they fight against it constantly. On the other hand, what women want is stability, which when you stop to think about it is a very different animal.” ThinkingMenWayWantKindImportantDifferentHandsHateChoicesFightingGivenSexChangeAnimalMistakeViolenceCreaturesStabilityPassiveStatus QuoWomen WantDifferent Animals Author:Eric Van Lustbader
“No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.” LoveDoeReturn Book:The Dialogues of Plato Source: The Dialogues of Plato
“From winter, plague and pestilence, good lord, deliver us!” LordWinterPlaguePestilence Author:Thomas Nashe
“But this is exactly why I read--and don't belong to a book group--because reading is the most individual thing there is. Why collectivize it? Didn't we have enough bad English teachers in school? Crowd sourcing and literature shouldn't mix.” BookEnoughSchoolReadingLiteratureIndividualTeacherGroupsCrowdsEnglish Teacher Author:Peter Orner
“Actually, you’re not famous at all. Maybe you’ll get some traction after you’re dead?” Traction Author:Peter Orner
“Alexis Coe rescues a buried but extraordinarily telling episode from the 1890s that resonates in all sorts of ways with today. That in itself would be an accomplishment. But this is a book that is truly riveting, a narrative that gallops. Lizzy Borden eat your heart out. Here’s a real crime of passion. Or was it? I dare you to pick this one up and try, just try to put it down.” WayTryingHeartBookRealWould BeTodayPassionCrimePicksDareNarrativeAccomplishmentBuriedEpisodesRescueThis Is A BookAlexisLizzyCrimes Of PassionEat Your Heart Author:Peter Orner
“Rarely is the pain of losing someone expressed with such directness, energy, and, yes, humor. The grief in Evan Kuhlman'sWolf Boyis palpable, and so is the flawed, honest humanity of his characters. Here is real loss and somehow, real catharsis.” RealCharacterPainHumanityEnergyLossGriefHonestLosingFlawedCatharsisLosing Someone Author:Peter Orner
“John Colman Wood's The Names of Things is a thoughtful, patient, and ultimately rewarding book. It's about, among many other things, the connections human beings make, that in spite of everything, we will always make. To quote from the book, 'What he saw in the people was what the old anthropologists called communitas. It wasn't that the people sang and moved. It was their singing and moving together' Singing and moving together, Wood has found a way to express this profound and beautiful idea through fiction.” PeopleWayHumansBookIdeasTogetherBeautifulMovingFoundNamesHuman BeingsFictionSawsSingingConnectionsMovedProfoundPatientWoodsThoughtfulSpiteAnthropologists Author:Peter Orner