Paper Lanterns: More Quotations from the Back Pages of The Sun

by Sy Safransky (Editor), Tim McKee (Editor), Andrew Snee (Editor)

Spanning regions, eras, religions, and philosophies, Paper Lanterns is a thoughtful collection of quotations that have appeared in The Sun magazine, which boasts a loyal readership of 70,000 people. With quotes by writers, artists, mystics, humorists, philosophers, and others, the book takes readers on a journey through innocence and experience, love and loss, disillusionment and awakening, by turns delighting readers and giving reassurance to those experiencing tough times.
 
Divided into sixteen chapters, the book is organized by themes that include romantic love, family, education, travel, creativity, life challenges, compassion, social justice, nature, spirituality, and death. Unlike many books in this genre, Paper Lanterns avoids well-worn quotes, and the contributors are an eclectic from Hafiz to Emma Goldman; from John Lennon to the Buddha. Offering wisdom in a nutshell, Paper Lanterns respects the glory and the heartache of being human.

Genres: Nonfiction

272 pages, Paperback

First published May 3, 2011

Reviews

[Pewterbreath · Rating 5 out of 5]

These little sets of quotations really are the best chosen of any collection I've ever found. A lovely little collection to thumb through whenever I need food for thought.

[Terry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quotation books come in many types: the authoritative research tool, the charming coffee table tchotchke, the Whitman's sampler of delights. This is most like the latter; I find myself going back to it again and again, browsing it for the delights of serendipity.

This seems to be a bind-up of the back pages of The Sun, arranged under broad categories (i.e.: "I picked on the World," "Flash, Flash, I love You," and "Art is Prayer"). There is no index which makes retrieving a particular citation difficult, but in the era of Google, perhaps that isn't really necessary. It reminds me most of the many iterations of Robert Byrne's "Best Things Anybody Ever Said" anthologies. Worth having, though not indespensible.