“Chock them so ... full of "facts" they feel stuffed, but absolutely "brilliant" with information. Then they'll feel they're thinking, they'll get a sense of motion without moving.” ThinkingFeelsFactsMovingInformationBrilliant Book:Fahrenheit 451 Source: Fahrenheit 451
“How I Shed My Skin is, simply put, a brilliant book. While I was reading, I kept thinking two things. One, this is totally shocking. Two, it's not at all shocking, but a familiar part of my life and memory. Grimsley's narrative is straightforward and plain-spoken while at the same time achingly moving and intimately honest, and it does more to explain the South than anything I've read in a long, long time.” ThinkingLongDoeTwoBookMovingReadingMemoriesHonestLong TimeSkinsSouthBrilliantFamiliarNarrativeTwo ThingsShedShockingStraightforward Author:Josephine Humphreys
“Without earnestness no man is ever great, or does really great things. He may be the cleverest of men; he may be brilliant, entertaining, popular; but he will want weight. No soul-moving picture was ever painted that had not in it depth of shadow.” MenWantMayDoeSoulMovingShadowWeightDepthBrilliantGreat ThingsEntertainingReally GreatEarnestness Book:Lessons from My Masters, Carlyle, Tennyson and Ruskin Source: Lessons from My Masters, Carlyle, Tennyson and Ruskin