Joseph Piercy

Any written history is, to some degree, defined as much by what it chooses to omit as it is by what it chooses to include.

The great Russian/American novelist Vladimir Nabokov asserted in his famous essay Good Readers and Good Writers that ‘one cannot read a book: one can only reread it’.

All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way’

Readers and Good Writers th

‘I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do. I need not sell my soul to buy bliss. I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be withheld, or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give.’

‘She wanted to die but she also wanted to live in Paris.’

The inability to distinguish romanticized fantasy from the reality of everyday life can lead to tragedy and ruin.

Fulfilment in life comes from finding love that is rooted in moral and spiritual certitude.

It is important to stick to your principles no matter what life throws at you.

It is important to stick to your principles no matter what life throws at you.