How-To Read Books
“My father believes hunger is in the mind. I know differently. I know that hunger is in the mind and the body and the heart and the soul.” ― Roxane Gay, Hunger Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body is a 2017 memoir by Roxane Gay. In Hunger, Gay describes her relationship with of her body, from food... Continue Reading →
“You are a little soul carrying about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Meditations is a work that dates back to ancient Rome. It contains thoughts of Marcus Aurelius who was also known as The Philosopher. Aurelius was a Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and he was the last of the rulers traditionally known as... Continue Reading →
“Essere la natura de' motti cotale, che essi come la pecora morde deono cosi mordere l'uditore, e non come 'l cane: percio che, se come cane mordesse il motto, non sarebbe motto, ma villania” - The Decameron, Boccaccio The nature of wit is such that its bite must be like that of a sheep rather than... Continue Reading →
