Dave Bodaly

“The contents of someone's bookcase are part of his history, like an ancestral portrait."

(About Books; Recoiling, Rereading, Retelling, New York Times, February 22, 1987)”
― Anatole Broyard

“No one is innocent in the tide of history. Everyone has kings and slaves in his past. Everyone has saints and sinners. We are not to blame for the actions of our ancestors. We can only try to be the best we can, no matter what our heritage, to strive for a better future for all.”
― Diana Peterfreund, Across a Star-Swept Sea

“You become what you think about most.. But you also attract what you think about most. (John Assaraf) ”
― Rhonda Byrne, The Secret

“Our names were made for us in another century.”
― Richard Brautigan