It made sense for a lot of reasons because in all of Baby’s life, as well as Sethe’s own, men and women were moved around like checkers. Anybody Baby Suggs knew, let alone loved, who hadn’t run off or been hanged, got rented out, loaned out, bought up, brought back, stored up, mortgaged, won, stolen …
As you might expect, I did not take Mr Farraday’s suggestion at all seriously that afternoon, regarding it as just another instance of an American gentleman’s unfamiliarity with what was and what was not commonly done in England. Over the following days, however, I came to learn not to be surprised by such remarks from …
Continue reading Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro – Quotes
It is Wednesday and I hope your week is going well, but I just though a lighter post would fit in nicely, so here are some quotes from The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson that I reviewed on Saturday. It was at this point that I realized my brain was dripping on to …
Continue reading The Road to Little Dribbling – Bill Bryson – Quotes
Abandonment While his back was turned to her she had a cold premonition of rejection, of the humiliation of being left for a young woman, of being left behind, useless and alone. Holding her gaze he said, ‘You know I love you.’ ‘But you’d like someone younger.’ ‘I’d like a sex life.’ Her cue to …
I shuffled the quotes a bit, so it is my personal collage of what made me wonder. People were flattered to be asked about themselves and if she said nothing after they spoke, it made them say more. They were conditioned to fill silences. - this is so true, I'm not a chatty person and my …
like all children, adopted or not, I have had to live out some of her unlived life. We do that for our parents – we don’t really have any choice. I realise my behaviour wasn’t ideal but my mother believed I was demon possessed and the headmistress was in mourning for Scotland. It was hard …
Continue reading Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal – Jeanette Winterson – Quotes
Some thoughts and quotes to expand a bit on my short review. The book touches on so many things and your perception of what is important in it will definitely depend on your experiences, but it is a book that moved me on many levels. ***SPOILER ALERT***I know the story is summarized at the back of …
My first Roth... I finished this book few months ago and still I’m not sure I’m ready to write its review. I liked the writing, characters, story, but it’s not about that, this is the superficial layer. I think I’m still digesting the book in some way, it touched on so many topics, all forms …
As I mentioned in my review I really liked the language and imagery in this book, how sensual it was and also how it jump between the high and the low of life, the big picture and focus on detail. He didn’t know that in some places, like the country that Rahel came from, various kinds …
Continue reading The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy – Quotes
Olive is special and at the same time she’s like all of us, we’ve all done things we’re not proud of, been mean and even cruel, we all fail to understand what others hold against us. Sometimes we all just get lonely and yet we get on with our life, because what else is there …
Continue reading Quotes from Olive Kitteridge: A Novel in Stories – Elizabeth Strout
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