Category: Book Discussion
Notes, thoughts, feedback from JMRL book groups
“Crooked world, straight world, same rules – everybody had a hand out for the envelope.”
“There was a girl.”
“It was Marie’s unbeauty that was the making of her.”
“Our domination of nature is a delusion.”
“If we sink a spoon into that fact, into the duff between us, we will find it teeming.”
“By the time you read this, you may have figured it out.”
“All that you touch, you Change. All that you Change, Changes you. The only lasting truth is Change.”
“You can’t assimilate Indian ghosts. It’s too late!”
“I’d rather die charging like a rhino than bleating like a goat.”
“If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you. Aim to look and act and think like you.”
“Books and ideas are like blood; they need to circulate, and they keep us alive.”
