Excerpts from the book of Richard Connell I hunt the scum of the earth—sailors from tramp ships—lascars, blacks, Chinese, whites, mongrels—a thoroughbred horse or hound is worth more than a score of them.”
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The Giver
Excerpts from the book of Lois Lowry Always better, less rude, to talk about things that were the same. What if they had all been instructed: You may lie? “Do you lie?” But he would have no way of knowing if the answer he received were true.
The Emperor’s Soul
Excerpts from the book of Brandon Sanderson “It doesn’t matter. No one will know what I’ve done. They will keep looking at the fake and be satisfied, so there’s no harm done.”
Of Mice and Men
Excerpts from the book of John Steinbeck “Well, Curley’s pretty handy,” the swamper said skeptically. “Never did seem right to me. S’pose Curley jumps a big guy an’ licks him. Ever’body says what a game guy Curley is. And s’pose he does the same thing and gets licked. Then ever’body says the big guy oughtta pick …
Surrounded by Idiots
Excerpts from the book of Thomas Erikson Everything you say to a person is filtered through his frames of reference, biases, and preconceived ideas. It may feel depressing knowing that you have so little control over what your listener understands. You simply can’t change how the listener functions. No matter what method you choose to communicate …
The Death of Ivan Ilych
Excerpts from the book of Leo Tolstoy The dead man lay, as dead men always lie, in a specially heavy way, his rigid limbs sunk in the soft cushions of the coffin, with the head forever bowed on the pillow. Very soon, within a year of his wedding, Ivan Ilych had realized that marriage, though it …
South of the Border, West of the Sun
Excerpts from the book of Haruki Murakami I detested the term only child. Every time I heard it I felt something was missing from me—like I wasn’t quite a complete human being. The phrase only child stood there, pointing an accusatory finger at me. “Something’s not quite all there, pal,” it told me In the world …
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Excerpts from the book of Philip K. Dick Was the movie made in the Philippines?” “Why?” “Because,” Luba Luft said, “they used to cat boiled dog stuffed with rice in the Philippines. I remember reading that.” What ever happened in the Philippines except the Bataan Death March, and would you want to watch that?” But when …
Legacy: What the All Blacks Can Teach Us
Excerpts from the book of James Kerr Successful leaders balance pride with humility: absolute pride in performance; total humility before the magnitude of the task. The challenge is to always improve, to always get better, even when you are the best. Especially when you are the best. Never be too big to do the small things …
The Nickel Boys
Excerpts from the book of Colson Whitehead Elwood was twelve when the encyclopedias appeared. One of the busboys dragged a stack of boxes into the kitchen and called for a powwow. Elwood squeezed in—it was a set of encyclopedias that a traveling salesman had left behind in one of the rooms upstairs. Elwood made his bid. …