Welcome to my commonplace blog

The goal of this blog is to preserve a few ideas and quotes from books I read. In the old days when books were not so readily available, people kept "commonplace books" where they copied choice passages they wanted to be able to remember and perhaps reuse. The idea got picked up by V.F.D. and it's common knowledge that most of that organization's volunteers have kept commonplace books, and so have Laura and I.

I'm sure there are many other Internet sites and blogs dedicated to the same idea. But this one is mine. Feel free to look around and leave comments, but not spam.

26 May 2012

The Mysterious Benedict Society

Read with Laura. Smart and exciting. Loved it! Orphans, smart kids against the world, a secret mission against impossible odds, evil twins, obvious and subtle puns and puzzles, wow!


Quotes:

Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities?

After a few more pages of questions, all of which Reynie felt confiden he had answered correctly, he arrived at the test's final question: "Are you brave?" Just reading the words quickened Reynie's heart. Was he brave? Braver had never been required of him, so hoe could he tell? Finally he gave up trying to decide and simply wrote, "I hope so."

‘It’s important to protect yourself because it’s impossible to protect yourself’?

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