A Confederacy of Dunces

Veneration of Mark Twain is one of the roots of our current intellectual stalemate. —John Kennedy Toole

The Fault in Our Stars

You have a choice in this world, I believe, about how to tell sad stories, and we made the funny choice… —John Green

The Light Between Oceans

There are still more days to travel in this life. And he knows that the man who makes the journey has been shaped by every day and every person along the way. Scars are just another kind of memory. —M.L. Stedman

The Sirens of Titan

Any man who would change the World in a significant way must have showmanship, a genial willingness to shed other people’s blood, and a plausible new religion to introduce during the brief period of repentance and horror that usually follows bloodshed. —Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Let the Great World Spin

She wanted to tell him so much, on the tarmac, the day he left. The world is run by brutal men and the surest proof is their armies. If they ask you to stand still, you should dance. If they ask you to burn the flag, wave it. If they ask you to murder, re-create. […]