Category: Book Discussion
Notes, thoughts, feedback from JMRL book groups
“Sooner or later…one has to take sides. If one is to remain human.”
“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
“There’s a plot afoot all right, and I’ll gladly name the forces propelling it—hysteria, ignorance, malice, stupidity, hatred, and fear.”
“They’re poor because there’s a limited amount of good luck in this world, and they’ve never been given any.”
“Grandpa isn’t here to talk to me before falling asleep, to go out for walks and explore the town, and because of that I feel alone, lonely, solo, solito, solito de verdad.”
“Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.”
“A journey is a person itself; no two are alike.”
“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.”
“When we share our grief, we validate the fact that the person we have loved and lost made a lasting impression on our lives.”
“Strangely enough I was not at all afraid at this moment. Instead I found myself thinking as I stood there in the middle of the wreckage, So this is how it is.”
“It is so easy to have principles. Far, far harder to live by them.”
