The lead car is unique, except for the one behind it which is identical.
Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you.
Everybody should read fiction… I don’t think serious fiction is written for a few people. I think we live in a stupid culture that won’t educate its people to read these things. It would be a much more interesting place if it would. And it’s not just that mechanics and plumbers don’t read literary fiction, it’s that doctors and lawyers don’t read literary fiction. It has nothing to do with class, it has to do with an anti-intellectual culture that doesn’t trust art.
Elisabeth Sheffield's new novel is multilayered, smart, beautifully written, and funny. I was taken in by the first paragraph and held firmly through the roller coaster of a ride. The depth of the novel was evidenced by the constantly shifting meaning of the title itself. In fact, the entire work never changes its meaning, but somehow, seamlessly, simply means more. This is a rare and memorable piece of work.
A metaphor cannot be paraphrased
It's okay to love something bigger than yourself without fearing it. Anything worth loving is bigger than we are anyway.
Why will I bury you? So that one day I might disturb your grave.
One who thinks and reflects develops his foresight and vision.
Because men believe not in Providence, therefore they do so greedily scrape and hoard. They do not believe in any reward for charity, therefore they will part with nothing.
Do you remember when you told me I couldn't see myself clearly? You obviously have the same blindness
Those who advocate common usage in philosophy sometimes speak in a manner that suggests the mystique of the 'common man. '