My Thinking Tree...
Excerpts that may or may not twiddle with your imagination
Thursday, December 3, 2009
The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
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"The goal of tattooing was never beauty. The goal was change . From the scarified Nubian priests of 2000 B.C., to the tattooed acol...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Wicked - Gregory Maguire
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"I just think, like our teachers here, that if ministers are effective, they're good at asking questions to get you to think. I don...
Friday, August 21, 2009
Steve Job's Stanford Commencement Address
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*** Although this isn't referencing a book, i read it every now & then to gain some perspective on the decisions that must be made i...
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
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[EXCERPTS] "And dreams are the language of God. When he speaks in our language, I [Gypsy] can interpret what he has said. But if he spe...
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Little Bee - Chris Cleeve
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[EXCERPTS] "Most days I wish I was a British pound rather than an African girl. Everyone would be pleased to see me coming. Maybe I wou...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Coolie Odyssey - David Dabydeen
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[EXCERPT] "To bring me to this library of graves, This small clearing of scrubland. There are no headstones, epitaphs, dates. The ances...
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles - Haruki Murakami
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[EXCERPTS] "You can't I guess. There's nothing you can do. There's no way to prevent baldness. Guys who are going to go ba...
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