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Book Club July read. Book won Dayton Literary Peace Prize...noted author. There's a depth to this writing & though I love animals and horses even grew up on a farm..Ms. Brook's writing style is cumbersome & difficult to read. I understand her backgro
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“The rights and liberties represented by democracy, many agreed, were losing ground across the globe to restrictions imposed by authoritarian autocracy… It appeared ignorance had indeed managed to secure an alliance with power (to paraphrase James Baldwin’s famous quote) to become the most ferocious enemy of justice on the contemporary historical landscape.”
― Songbirds and Roses: The Unusual Life Story of an Unusual Poem
― Songbirds and Roses: The Unusual Life Story of an Unusual Poem
“One of the great things about tales is how fast time may pass when not much of note is happening. Real life is never that way, and it is probably a good thing.”
― The Eyes of the Dragon
― The Eyes of the Dragon
“A King without heirs makes everybody nervous, especially when the King is fifty and balding.”
― The Eyes of the Dragon
― The Eyes of the Dragon
“People often ignore the misfortune of others, you see. The world is a heartless place but it’s not always because they don’t care. It’s sometimes because they are embarrassed, or because they don’t know what to say, or because they simply cannot bear to look into the eyes of someone who is suffering.”
― The Apple Tart of Hope
― The Apple Tart of Hope
“He wanted what evil men always want: to have power and use that power to make mischief.”
― The Eyes of the Dragon
― The Eyes of the Dragon
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