The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

★★★

"Isn't it pretty to think so?"

Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks

★★★★★

"When I looked at my hands and wrists, marred by the marks of small burns from cook pots and flying embers, every red weal or white pucker brings to my mind's eye that eternal fire and the writhing masses of the damned, among whom I must expect to spend eternity."

Knit Two by Kate Jacobs

★★★

"It's all about getting the hang of things...You'll figure everything out in time.  But for right now, just keep trying.  Pay attention and avoid the temptation to go further than you're ready.  Talk less.  And listen more."

Before I Go To Sleep by S. J. Watson

★★★★★

"What are we, if not an accumulation of our memories?"

Flight by Sherman Alexie

★★★★★

"Is revenge a circle inside of a circle inside of a circle."

Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya

★★★

"It is because good is always stronger than evil.  Always remember that, Antonio.  The smallest bit of good can stand against all the powers of evil in the world and it will emerge triumphant."

Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs

★★★★★

"And there's always a better time than right now and there always will be.  But right now is what we've got."