“Silence is a statement, Diago. Inaction picks a side. And when those lead to personal benefit, they are complicity.” – James Islington Preamble It is late into the night for me as I write this but, then again, I have always enjoyed writing at night. Maybe its most of the world being asleep, the quite, …
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Quote of the Week 8/25/25
“That’s the key, isn’t it? To know the darkness will remain, but how you choose to face it, handle it…that’s the important part.” – Sarah J. Maas Preamble Well dear readers, I have finally done it: I have finished my first Maas series. Yes, I do know that there are more book(s) to come but …
Quote of the Week 7/8
“Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.” – Anthony Bourdain Preamble So I have taken up the challenge of running a half-marathon again. This comes from two main motivations. One, I’ve only run one half-marathon so far in my life and I want to prove that I can do …
Quote of the Week 6/25
“To the stars who listen—and the dreams that are answered.” – Sarah J. Maas Preamble Yes, I have read some of the Maasverse books and what can I say, I like them. Is it the most literary book? No. Is it entertaining? Absolutely! And sometimes that’s all I’m wanting from a book. Yes, I love …
Quote of the Week 6/10
“People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living wasn’t already complicated enough.” – Carlos Ruiz Zafon Preamble Once again, I’m trying out a new posting schedule. I’m going to aim for one post a week, alternating between motivational posts and quotes. As I prep for another half-marathon, work on my other habits, and …
Quote of the Week 4/26
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald Preamble The Great Gatsby is one of my all time favorite novels even though I didn’t like it on my first read. I think most of that stemmed from my teacher not walking me through the novel …
Quote of the Week 4/6/25
“Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.” – Carlos Ruiz Zafon Preamble …
Quote of the Week 2/16/25
“…perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one’s life.” – Kate Chopin Preamble I have been all of the place with my current reads. From modern COVID fiction to classics, I just can’t seem to make up my mind with what …
Quote of the Week 1/28
“…when we use writing to create a story, like it or not a kind of toxin that lies deep down in all humanity rises to the surface. All writers have to come face-to-face with this toxin and…discover a way to deal with it…” -Haruki Murakami My Thoughts Writing is a tricky art. It can illuminate …
Quote of the Week 1/10/25
“Blink and you’re twenty-eight, and everyone else is now a mile down the road, and you’re still trying to find it, and the irony is hardly lost on you that in wanting to live, to learn, to find yourself, you’ve gotten lost.” – Victoria E. Schwab Preamble I want to being by thanking my book …
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