Rob Saunders Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Rob Saunders

"How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book!" - Henry David #Thoreau, quoted in Walking With Henry by Thomas Locker #amreading

Rob Saunders

#SundaySentence "She's a surprise this old earth, one big surprise after another since before she separated from the moon who circles and circles like the mate of a shot goose." Peter Heller, The Dog Stars (2012)

Rob Saunders

"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." F. Scott Fitzgerald, THE GREAT GATSBY

Rob Saunders

#SundaySentence "A baby on its mother's back does not know the way is long." Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (1959)

Rob Saunders

#SundaySentence "It was as if he wanted to transfer the contents of his mind to mine." Russell Banks, The Magic Kingdom: A Novel (2022)

Rob Saunders

All was talk except for what mattered most, which were unspoken understandings. - Jonathan Lethem, Motherless Brooklyn (1999) #SundaySentence

Rob Saunders

#SundaySentence How could we know the blessings which illuminated our days? The joy too strong to feel until it was no longer there to disturb us. "Letting Go" by David Whyte, Everything is Waiting for You (2003)

Rob Saunders

#SundaySentence The masterpiece will never be encompassed by neural analysis. Ted Gioia, How to Listen to Jazz (2016)