Otha Schwarten

Add friend

Otha’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (10)

currently-reading‎ (0)

read‎ (151)

did-not-finish‎ (0)

Stats | More…

Otha’s Quotes

“He had a wrinkled, pointy face like a rubber glove puppet with the fingers drawn together.”
― Murray Bailey, The Prisoner of Acre

tags: adversaries, betrayals-and-alliances, deadly-game, flawed-hero, gripping-narrative, high-stakes-drama, justice-vs-revenge, plot-driven, relentless-pursuit, twisty

60 likes

“It was the first time the name had ever been spoken as this child's name, for Omoro's people felt that each human being should be the first to know who he was.”
― Alex Haley

15 likes

“Puzzlement radiated from them, thought Mary, as if not recognizing that the beings staring at back at them were human.”
― Susan Rowland, The Swan Lake Murders

tags: book-club-pick, human-nature, mirror-moments, social-commentary, thought-provoking, urban-fantasy, witchy-mystery

200 likes

“Their temporary home filled with the scent of soup, ink and fresh paper and the reassuring harmonic vibration of piano strings.”
― Marcia Breece, The Last Bottle

tags: bookclubreads, familysaga, historicalfiction, literaryfiction, motherdaughter, musicinfiction, quietmoments

159 likes

“And let it be noted that there is no more delicate matter to take in hand, nor more dangerous to conduct, nor more doubtful in its success, than to set up as a leader in the introduction of changes.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

10 likes

More of Otha’s quotes…