p. 31 I SLEPT LATE and spent the tail of the morning reading over my own notes on Palace etiquette and the observations on Gethenian psychology and manners made by my predecessors, the Investigators. I didn’t take in what I read, which didn’t matter since I knew it by heart and was reading merely to … Continue reading The Left Hand of Darkness – Ursula K. Le Guin
P.22 “That would be no good,” said the wizard, “not without a mighty Warrior, even a Hero. I tried to find one; but warriors are busy fighting one another in distant lands, and in this neighbourhood heroes are scarce, or simply not to be found. Swords in these parts are mostly blunt, and axes are … Continue reading The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again – J.R.R. Tolkien
"But ah, the end, the end of my emprise!" "The bitter ire, the wrathful woe Of Hera, queen of heaven—-" "And bid you hoard my words, inscribing them On memory's tablets." "A shrine is stronger than a tower to save, A shield that none may cleave." "I cannot aid you without risk … Continue reading The Suppliant Maidens – Aeschylus
P.14 And as soon as the flush of dawn appeared in the heavens, they boarded the ship and launched her. Apollo sent them a favoring breeze, and they raised the mast, and they hoisted the white sail aloft, and it bellied out with the wind, and on either side of the ship's prow, the … Continue reading Iliad – Homer
I still remember the moment I found the first Harry Potter book. It was in the library at my elementary school. The library was small, but it had a wide window on one side of the wall, allowing plenty of sunlight to penetrate. If I remember correctly, the first Harry Potter book that just came … Continue reading Books and Libraries that Shaped Me
The Storyteller's Secret: A Novel by Sejal Badani “Permit me to be a vessel for the tales that are in your keeping. Entrust them to me, and I promise never again to dishonor them.” Again I unknowingly picked another book with a female character who writes. I enjoyed the reading and was immersed in the … Continue reading Book Review: The Storyteller’s Secret: A Novel by Sejal Badani
p.5 A man's as miserable as he thinks he is _ Seneca Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think _ Einstein p.13 What is more sinister, materialism correlates with serious psychological issues such as depression, narcissism and paranoia, a correlation exposed by researchers Kasser and ryan, … Continue reading Happiness Animal
Universe of Dahee 