In Search of Lost Time, Vol. I: Swann’s Way (1913) by Marcel Proust & the Pathways of Perception
“They seemed to me now no more than the purely subjective, impotent, illusory creations of my temperament.”
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Working with Emotional Intelligence (1998) by Daniel Goleman & Systems Theory
Some “secrets of success”: “rapport, empathy, persuasion, cooperation, and consensus building.”
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What Light (2016) by Jay Asher & the Challenges of Teenage Love during the Holidays
“How much do I honestly know about him? And he knows even less about me.”
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13 Reasons Why (2007) by Jay Asher & the Power of Words
‘You can hear rumors,’ I said, ‘but you can’t know them.’
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The Stories of John Cheever (1978) by John Cheever & the Creation of Fiction as Art
“Fiction is art and art is the triumph over chaos.”
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His Bloody Project (2015) by Graeme Macrae Burnet & Questions of Innocence
“I opened my eyes and watched the droplets of water fly up like sparks from a fire.”
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1Q84 (2009) by Haruki Murakami & the Two Moons
“The continual afternoon rain made the pine windbreak dark and heavy. He couldn’t hear the waves at all. There was no wind, just the rain falling straight down from the sky.”
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The Sense of Style (2014) by Steven Pinker & the Importance of Precise Language
Unlike hundreds of other writers and scholars, Pinker does correctly attribute (the oft-misattributed phrase) “Murder your darlings” to Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch found in On the Art of Writing.
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Do Not Say We Have Nothing (2016) by Madeleine Thien & the Book of Records
“The pianist could speak with both the quickstep of the city and the balladry of the countryside, he was a one-man Book of Songs and Book of History.”
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You are the Universe: Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why it Matters (2017) by Deepak Chopra and Menas Kafatos & Where Thoughts Come From
“You are the creator of reality, and yet you have no idea how you do it—the process is effortless… In ancient India, the Vedic sages declared Aham Brahmasmi, which can be translated as ‘I am the Universe’ or ‘I am everything.’ They arrived at this knowledge by diving deep into their own awareness.”
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The Dream of Saint Ursula: A Mystery in the Virgin Islands (2014) by Kenneth Butcher & the Scarface of Marmosets
“The painting that had impressed them, entitled Say Hello to My Little Friend, was an acrylic rendering of a marmoset doing cocaine.”
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What They Teach You at Harvard Business School (2008) by Philip Delves Broughton & the Crimson Dilemma
“HBS smacks of an ivory tower, cut off from the world outside.”
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How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) by Dale Carnegie & 30 Principles to Live By
30 Principles to Live By
1. Don’t criticize, condemn or complain
2. Give honest and sincere appreciation
3. Arouse in the other person an eager want
4. Become genuinely interested in other people
5. Smile
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On Becoming a Novelist (1983) by John Gardner and the Art of Fiction
“On some subjects—for instance, writers’ workshops—one is tempted to pull punches or rest satisfied with oversimplified answers; but I’m assuming, as the primary reader of this book, an intensely serious beginning novelist who wants the strict truth (as I perceive it) for his life’s sake, so that he can plan his days of technique, theory, and attitude; and become as quickly and efficiently as possible a master of his craft” (p xxii).
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The Underground Railroad (2016) by Colson Whitehead and the Escape to Freedom
“The iron horse still rumbled through the tunnel when she woke. Lumbly’s words returned to her: If you want to see what this nation is all about, you have to ride the rails. Look outside as you speed through, and you’ll find the true face of America.”
