I'm out of words right now, so I'm borrowing words from others

"The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the other.... The whole purpose of life is to live by love." -- Thomas Merton

Monday Morning Pep Talk

What we search for in fiction is not so much reality, but the epiphany of truth.

Azar Nafisi in Reading Lolita in Tehran

Looking forward to a few light bulbs flashing over my students heads today as we analyze a novel. Let's keep our fingers crossed.