January 2011 – Bookswept

January 18, 2011

Blue Like Jazz

“When I was in love I hardly thought of myself; I thought of her and how beautiful she looked and whether or not she was cold and how I could make her laugh. It was wonderful because I forgot my own problems. I owned her problems instead, and her problems seemed romantic and beautiful.”

Blue Like Jazz, p. 151
By Donald Miller
Published 2003

January 15, 2011

Prep

“Ault had taught me everything I needed to know about attracting and alienating people, what the exact measurements ought to be of confidence and self deprecation, humor, disclosure, inquisitiveness; even, finally, of enthusiasm. Also, Ault had been the toughest audience I’d ever encounter, to the extent that sometimes afterward, I found winning people over disappointingly easily.”

Prep, p. 283
By Curtis Sittenfeld
Published 2005

January 3, 2011

Running with Scissors

“More than anything I wanted to break free. But free from what? That was the problem. Because I didn’t know what I wanted to break free from, I was stuck.”

Running with Scissors, p. 258
By Augusten Burroughs
Published 2002