“Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hand unclean.From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, A pair of star-cross’d lovers take

Slow Man

Dec 3rd, 2020 12m 27s

"Live like a hero. That is what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise, what is life for?" - J.M. Coetzee Jenn Weinheimer says these lines "remind me that we can't just passively check the boxes in life and consider that a

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Nov 19th, 2020 16m 30s

"Please follow your heart, win or lose."- J.D. SalingerWhen Robert Graham was in his early 20s, he read J.D. Salinger's novella “Seymour: An Introduction” and felt compelled to copy down a few lines on a notepad. He then folded up that piece of

The Little Prince

Nov 12th, 2020 9m 31s

"You become responsible forever for what you've tamed." - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry"This line jumped out at me when I read The Little Prince for the first time in French and again, when I read the English translation. The beauty of the line and

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir

Nov 5th, 2020 15m 40s

"No one can love you the way a mother can. No one can hurt you the way a mother can."- T Kira Madden"Has this book changed the way I look at motherhood? I would say, absolutely, 100%, and that's probably one of the reasons I like it so much."

Dreams Underfoot

Oct 29th, 2020 14m 20s

"But that's the way it works in fairy tales, too, isn't it? Something always goes wrong, or there wouldn't be a story. You have to be strong, you have to earn your happily ever after."-From Dreams Underfoot by Charles de Lint“Of course the who

Bluets

Oct 15th, 2020 14m

“For to wish to forget how much you loved someone - and then, to actually forget - can feel, at times, like the slaughter of a beautiful bird who chose, by nothing short of grace, to make a habitat of your heart.”From Bluets by Maggie Nelson.“I

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Oct 8th, 2020 15m 46s

"If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning."From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. “This was one of the first adult novels I ever read - and loved - after reading an MG (middle grade) version of it. I

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