“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
― To Kill a Mockingbird
― To Kill a Mockingbird
“The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it which the merely improbable lacks.”
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
“It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.”
― Life, the Universe and Everything
― Life, the Universe and Everything
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
“The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you. Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out and taken yours.”
― The History Boys
― The History Boys
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A group to discuss books and topics mentioned on Books on the Nightstand, a blog and podcast about books and reading.
Should have read classics
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