“What happiness?” Written by the famed Leo Tolstoy in the late nineteenth century, Anna Karenina has an enduring place not only in Russian literature but the canon of mankind. A saloon novel filled with philosophical moments, this hefty novel can seem … Continue reading Anna Karenina
“One person. All it takes is one person.” Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a play written by Jack Thorne concerning the next generation of students at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, specifically Harry and Draco’s sons, … Continue reading Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
“Why, when you’re fifteen things won’t look at all the way they did when you were ten, and at twenty everything will change again.” The Phantom Tollbooth, a children’s story in the tradition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and The … Continue reading The Phantom Tollbooth
“Be with me always – take any form – drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I can not live without my life! I can not … Continue reading Wuthering Heights
Alcott “…tumbling from one year to another till strengthened by such violent exercises the topsy turvey girl shot up into a tospey turvey woman who now twenty-three years after sits big brown & brave, crying not because she has come … Continue reading Literary Quotes
“Did you say the stars were worlds, Tess?” “Yes.” “All like ours?” “I don’t know, but I think so. They sometimes seem to be like the apples on our stubbard-tree. Most of them splendid and sound – a few blighted.” … Continue reading Thomas Hardy
“No, don’t call me a hero. Do you know who the real heroes are? The guys who wake up every morning and go into their normal jobs, and get a distress call from the Commissioner and take off their glasses … Continue reading Why Dwight Schrute is the Real Hero
“‘Nothing is more deceitful,” said Darcy, “than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.’” Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen, 1813) is one of the most accessible and beloved classics out there. … Continue reading Pride and Prejudice
“Take my advice and live for a long, long time. Because the maddest thing a man can do in this life is to let himself die.” Don Quixote (Cervantes, 1605), widely acclaimed as the first Western novel, is a daunting … Continue reading Don Quixote
“Fear no more, says the heart, committing its burden to some sea, which sighs collectively for all sorrows, and renews, begins, collects, lets fall.” Published after World War I, Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf, 1925) is a beautifully crafted and subtle work that examines … Continue reading Mrs. Dalloway
