by Breana Swinehart | Oct 24, 2016 | Quote of the Week
“The fact that I’m me and no one else is one of my greatest assets.” – Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: A Memoir – Masterful literary fiction writer Haruki Murakami is responsible for world-renowned books such as Norwegian...
by Breana Swinehart | Oct 17, 2016 | Quote of the Week
“Everything in the world was in precarious balance, pure risk, and those who didn’t agree to take the risk wasted away in a corner, without getting to know life.” — Elena Ferrante, The Story of a New Name – A prolific Italian writer, the pseudonymous...
by Breana Swinehart | Oct 10, 2016 | Quote of the Week
“Publishing a book is like stuffing a note into a bottle and hurling it into the sea. Some bottles drown, some come safe to land, where the notes are read and then possibly cherished, or else misinterpreted, or else understood all too well by those who hate the...
by Breana Swinehart | Oct 3, 2016 | Quote of the Week
“Life is too short to be lived badly.” — Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return – Author and illustrator of the Persepolis Series, Embroideries, The Sigh, and others, Marjane Satrapi is a famous Iranian-French graphic novelist...
by Breana Swinehart | Sep 26, 2016 | Quote of the Week
“If you don’t understand, ask questions. If you’re uncomfortable about asking questions, say you are uncomfortable about asking questions and then ask anyway. It’s easy to tell when a question is coming from a good place. Then listen some more....