Tuesday, August 12, 2014

The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, r. Aug. 2014

p. 51 It's never the changes we want that change everything.

p. 119 ...folks always underestimate what the promise of a lifetime of starvation, powerlessness, and humiliation can provoke in a young person's character. By the time the Gangster was twelve this scrawny, unremarkable boy had shown a resourcefulness and fearlessness beyond his years.

p. 214 He encouraged his daughters to read and prepared them to follow him into the Profession (they could speak French and read Latin before they were nine), and so keen was he about learning that any new piece of knowledge, no matter how arcane or trivial, could send his ass over the Van Allen belt.

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