Book Monster

Conquering literature one book at a time
(to say nothing of the movies)

136. The Man in the Panther’s Skin by Shota Rustaveli
137. Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid
138. Suite Française by Irene Nemirovsky
139. Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder
140. The Tinker’s Wedding by J.M. Synge
141. Jefferson and the Rights of Man by Dumas Malone
142. The Song of Igor’s Campaign by Anonymous
143. The Successor by Ismail Kadare
144. Martha Quest by Doris Lessing
145. Some Girls: My Life in a Harem by Jillian Lauren

It appears that in a round trip to and from Brooklyn’s best doughnut shop I burn almost exactly the same amount of calories as contained in a single doughnut. I’m pretty sure this means I can eat an infinite number of doughnuts as long as I get them one at a time :D

Let others pride themselves about how many pages they have written; I’d rather boast about the ones I’ve read.

—Jorge Luis Borges

Every sensitive person carries in himself old cities enclosed by ancient walls

—Robert Walser

Vector illustration 2010. High Noon (1952/dir. Fred Zinnemann)

Vector illustration 2010. High Noon (1952/dir. Fred Zinnemann)

All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake up in the day to find it was vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.

—T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph

In the current socio-political climate, he said to himself, committing suicide is absurd and redundant. Better to become an undercover poet.

Roberto Bolaño, A Distant Star