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“Now that the book is out in the world, I’m amazed all over again at what my friend did for me in prompting me to ditch realism for a more magical approach. In some ways, the Golem and the Jinni are the ultimate immigrants. They aren’t just new to New York or America; they’re new to people. Like those around them, they wrestle with issues of religion versus doubt and duty versus self-determination—but as inescapable aspects of their own otherworldly natures. For seven years I’ve lived with their questions, arguments, and adventures, and it’s been one of the greatest gifts of my life.”
― The Golem and the Jinni
― The Golem and the Jinni
“Imagine a flock of pigeons in a corn field. Imagine that ninety-nine of them, instead of pecking the corn they need and using it as they need it, start to collect all they can into one big heap. Imagine that they do not leave much corn for themselves, but save this big heap of corn on behalf of the vilest and worst in their flock. Imagine that they all sit in a circle and watch this one pigeon, who squanders and wastes this wealth. And then imagine that they rush at a weak pigeon who is the most hungry among them who darest to take one grain from the heap without permission, and they punish him. If you can imagine this, then you can understand the day-to-day behavior of mankind. —WILLIAM PALEY”
― A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se
― A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se
“But if, on the other hand, our theory should allow that a book may well be a revelation in spite of errors and passions and deliberate human composition, if only it be a true record of the inner experiences of great-souled persons wrestling with the crises of their fate, then the verdict would be much more favorable.”
― The Varieties of Religious Experience
― The Varieties of Religious Experience
“You’re a literary person. If you ask me, there are passages in the Bible that a lover of literature has to appreciate, even if they have no interest in religious matters. The Book of Job, for example. A great mystery, and full of wonderful metaphors. None of this purple prose.”
― The Rabbit Back Literature Society
― The Rabbit Back Literature Society
“he did not think about any promises his master had made to him, and he did not consider it work but sheer pleasure to go around seeking adventures, no matter how dangerous they might be.”
― Don Quixote
― Don Quixote
Unity Books
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— last activity Jul 20, 2022 04:23PM
Increase your clarity of purpose, peace of mind, and spiritual awareness with three featured titles in the 2013 Summer of Self-Discovery series. Join ...more
SETX Book Club
— 26 members
— last activity Aug 12, 2014 08:06PM
The official Southeast Texas Book Club. We meet monthly to discuss what we read (classics and contemporary) and discuss the news of the literary world ...more
Divine Comedy + Decameron
— 268 members
— last activity Nov 07, 2020 01:07PM
This group is for those interested in reading either or both Dante's Divine Comedy or Boccaccio's Decameron in 2014. Each read will be non-concurrent ...more
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