“When a book's pattern and the shape of its inner life is as plain to the reader as it is to the author -- then perhaps it is time to throw the book aside, as having had its day, and start again on something new.” BookLife IsReaderShapesPatternsSomething NewInner Life Book:The Golden Notebook Source: The Golden Notebook
“In an age of global standardization, regional voices also remind both writer and reader that no life is lived generically. If the purpose of literature is truly, as the ancients insisted, to instruct and delight, then what better to understand and enjoy than the here and the now?” IfsAgeLife IsPurposeLiteratureEnjoyVoiceReaderDelightStandardization Author:Dana Gioia
“As far as nonviolence and Spiritual Activism, Marshall Rosenberg is it! Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life, is essential reading for anyone who wants to improve their communication skills. Applying the concepts within the book will help guide the reader towards a more loving, compassionate, and nonviolent way of understanding and functioning with others, and foster more compassion in the world. I highly recommend this book.” WorldWayWantBookHelpingSpiritualLife IsReadingLanguageUnderstandingCompassionCommunicationReaderSkillsEssentialsConceptsGuidesActivismCommunication SkillsCompassionateNonviolenceNonviolent Communication Author:Marianne Williamson
“You imagine a reader and try to keep the reader interested. That's storytelling. You also hope to reward the reader with a sense of a completed design, that somebody is in charge, and that while life is pointless, the book isn't pointless. The author knows where he is going. That's form.” KnowsTryingBookFormLife IsImagineDesignReaderRewardsStorytellingPointless Author:John Updike