5 books I read last month and quotes that stuck w me

5 books I read last month and quotes that stuck w me

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

“I walked and I walked, my mind shifting into a primal gear that was void of anything but forward motion, and I walked until walking became unbearable, until I believed I wouldn’t walk even one more step.

And then I ran.” (pg. 288)

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

“You always expect some kind of magic at the end of the road” (pg 234 of the original scroll)

“The purity of the road. The white line in the middle of the hiway unrolled and hugged our left front tire as if glued to our groove” - (pg 235 of the original scroll)

Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad

“The idea was that if you wanted to connect with someone out in the world, someone far removed from your own life, someone who maybe even seemed unknowable, you didn’t let the distance stop you—you said what the hell, and you wrote.

The power of story is to heal and to sustain, she wrote. And if we are brave enough to tell our own story, we realize we’re not alone, again and again.” (pg 307)

The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel

“Modern life seems set up so that we can avoid loneliness at all costs, but maybe it’s worthwhile to face it occasionally. The further we push aloneness away, the less are we able to cope with it, and the more terrifying it gets.”

“He left because the world is not made to accommodate people like him.”

The word "noise" is derived from the Latin word nausea.”

The Chronology of Water by Lidia Yuknavitch

“When Neal Cassady came on the screen my chest filled with butterflies. He looked and acted exactly like a Kerouac sentence.” (pg 129)