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| Not having seen the miniseries of the same name, I was expecting this story to be on the depressing side. I was pleasantly surprised by the author's sensitivity to the mindset of the soldiers of Easy Company. There are many light moments, even under...more | |
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| I read about 100 pages of this book before giving up. I didn't develop empathy for the characters or a sense that I needed to solve the mystery at the heart of the story, so there is no sense in me finishing it. I felt that there wasn't enough plot d...more | |
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| This is a deep book. You get a good dose of philosophy and art history with your lesson in how the world works & how we see and understand it. I love McCloud's approach to the subject and his crisp illustrations. | |
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“The greatest danger of being gifted, is that you may never learn how to make an effort.”
― Tibor Fischer
― Tibor Fischer
“If there is such a thing as marriage, it takes place long before the ceremony; in a car on the way to the airport; or as a gray bedrooms fills with dawn, one lover watching the other; or as two strangers stand together in the rain with no bus in sight, arms weighed down with shopping bags. You don't know then. But later you realize - that was the moment.”
― Simon Van Booy
― Simon Van Booy
“...but I could not sleep without proper covering and spent the rest of the night rewriting lost arguments from my past, altering history so that I emerged victorious.”
― Patrick deWitt, The Sisters Brothers
― Patrick deWitt, The Sisters Brothers
“The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours”
― Alan Bennett, The History Boys
― Alan Bennett, The History Boys
“Only the victors have stories to tell. We, the vanquished, were all cowards and weaklings by then, whose memories, fears, and enthusiasms should not be remembered.”
― Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier
― Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier
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