Roberta Sorenson

Roberta’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (16)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (510)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
fiction‎ (127)
psychology‎ (119)
non-fiction‎ (85)

history‎ (67)
philosophy‎ (41)
autobiography-biography‎ (38)
self-help‎ (26)
memoir‎ (25)
biography‎ (13)
historical-fiction‎ (13)

politics‎ (12)
mythology‎ (8)
eastern‎ (3)
humor‎ (3)
art-history‎ (2)
science‎ (2)
children-s-lit‎ (1)

parenting‎ (1)
short-stories‎ (1)
favorites‎ (0)
yoga‎ (0)

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Roberta’s Quotes

“Screw your courage to the sticking place." - Lady MacBeth”
― Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone

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“In fact, the past is not history, but a much vaster region of the dead, gone, unknowable, or forgotten. History is what we choose to remember, and we have no alternative but to do our choosing now.”
― Joseph J. Ellis, American Dialogue: The Founders and Us

tags: argument, founding-fathers, patriotism

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“There is no path toward oneself that leads away from the pain.”
― Gabor Maté, Scattered: How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates and What You Can Do About It

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“Our partners do not belong to us; they are only on loan, with an option to renew—or not. Knowing that we can lose them does not have to undermine commitment; rather, it mandates an active engagement that long-term couples often lose. The realization that our loved ones are forever elusive should jolt us out of complacency, in the most positive sense.”
― Esther Perel, The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity

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