Good Books - Good Quotes

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

For me, Savannah's resistance to change was it's saving grace. The city looked inward, sealed off from the noises and distractions of the world at large. It grew inward, too, and in such a way that its people flourished like hothouse plants tended by an indulgent gardener. The ordinary became extraordinary. Eccentrics thrive. Every nuance and quirk of personality achieved greater brilliance in that lush enclosure than would have been possible anywhere else in the world.

A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies: Stories by John Murray

Maya, like me, has an admiration for the spirit of my grandfather, who was driven by a desire to understand the world around him. He was a man obsessed with butterflies, and sometimes an obsession is the only way to live."You come from butterfly people, " Maya says, "and you are a butterfy person".

Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse

MAGIC THEATER
ENTRANCE NOT FOR EVERYBODY

I tried to open the door, but the heavy old latch would not stir.... The display was over...
Then, when I had given up and gone back to the alley, a few colored letters were dropped here and there, reflected on the asphalt in front of me. I read:

FOR MADMEN ONLY!