Reading List: Favorite Quotes from Recent Reads
The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Kim Barker
“I was also trying not to date in Kabul, as Afghanistan resembled Alaska if you were a woman—the odds were good but the goods were odd.”
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
“The TV’s the altar. I’m what people are sacrificing to.’
‘What do they sacrifice?’ asked Shadow.
‘Their time, mostly,’ said Lucy. ‘Sometimes each other.”
I’m Fine…and Other Lies by Whitney Cummings
City of Dark Magic by Magnus Flyte
“The city was in a panic, though a panic in Italy means most people still stand around coffee bars drinking espresso and Prosecco.”
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
“Somewhere along the line we started misinterpreting the First Amendment and this idea of the freedom of speech the amendment grants us. We are free to speak as we choose without fear of prosecution or persecution, but we are not free to speak as we choose without consequence.”
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
“People love to say, “Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime.” What they don’t say is, “And it would be nice if you gave him a fishing rod.” That’s the part of the analogy that’s missing.”
(In full disclosure, this one may not qualify as “recent.” I read it at the end of the year but I love Trevor Noah so it stays.)