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Marcus Samuelsson
“A guy like Franz could talk smack all day about my Afro, my lack of brains, my mother, her alleged lack of virtue.”
Marcus Samuelsson, Yes, Chef

Graeme Simsion
“The Apricot Ice-cream Disaster had cost a whole evening of my life, compensated for only by the information about simulation algorithms.”
Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Project

Maria Semple
“Americans are pushy, obnoxious, neurotic, crass - anything and everything - the full catastrophe as our friend Zorba might say. Canadians are none of that. The way you might fear a cow sitting down in the middle of the street during rush hour, that's how I fear Canadians. To Canadians, everyone is equal. Joni Mitchell is interchangeable with a secretary at open-mic night. Frank Gehry is no greater than a hack pumping out McMansions on AutoCAD. John Candy is no funnier than Uncle Lou when he gets a couple of beers in him. No wonder the only Canadians anyone's ever heard of are the ones who have gotten the hell out. Anyone with talent who stayed would be flattened under an avalanche of equality. The thing Canadians don't understand is that some people are extraordinary and should be treated as such.”
Maria Semple, Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Maria Semple
“My heart started racing, not the bad kind of heart racing, like I'm going to die. But the good kind of heart racing, like, Hello, can I help you with something? If not, please step aside because I'm about to kick the shit out of life.”
Maria Semple, Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Oliver Sacks
“There will be no one like us when we are gone, but then there is no one like anyone else, ever. When people die, they cannot be replaced. They leave holes that cannot be filled, for it is the fate—the genetic and neural fate—of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved; I have been given much and I have given something in return; I have read and traveled and thought and written. I have had an intercourse with the world, the special intercourse of writers and readers. Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.”
Oliver Sacks, Gratitude

388730 Windsor Library Reading Challenge — 37 members — last activity Mar 04, 2021 11:59AM
A group for the Windsor Library Reading Challenge in Connecticut. We created this group as a way for those participating in the challenge to share wh ...more
125878 2014 Hub Reading Challenge — 186 members — last activity Mar 01, 2015 10:57AM
Chat about what you're reading for the 2014 Hub Reading Challenge! You have until June 22 to read 25 young adult titles that were named winners or h ...more
76757 Debut Fiction Panel Discussion - August 30, 2012 — 62 members — last activity Jan 08, 2016 05:33AM
Join us on Thursday, August 30 for a discussion with some of the best and brightest new authors on the scene. We'll be discussing their new novels, as ...more
99623 Ask Maria Semple - Tuesday, April 23rd! — 270 members — last activity Jul 10, 2015 02:50PM
Join us on Tuesday, April 23rd for a special discussion with author Maria Semple! Maria will be discussing her work, including her recently released p ...more
136853 Ask Elin Hilderbrand & Jojo Moyes — 285 members — last activity May 28, 2016 03:09AM
Elin Hilderbrand & Jojo Moyes will be answering questions from readers in this special group on Tuesday, June 17th! Elin and Jojo will be discussing ...more
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