“Having already funneled its students to their respective classrooms, the school's front hall was empty, its glass showcase in the same neglected spot outside the front office. ... She looked at it briefly, her eyes sweeping over the faces of… — Myla Goldberg Copy Share Image
Miriam realizes she is a broken vessel, pieces of her scattered everywhere. She has been finding those pieces, in their many forms, and bringing… — Myla Goldberg Copy Share Image
Ben Marcus has created an innovative and unflinching portrait of the turmoil of the human condition, providing the reader a most rare gift: something… — Myla Goldberg Copy Share Image
“What struck Celia most about young children was the intensity of their passions, life too new to be modulated, perspective a possession not yet… — Myla Goldberg Copy Share Image
“Creation takes place through words, a series of 'And God Saids' bringing each new stage of life into being. Language is God's divine power… — Myla Goldberg Copy Share Image
She has often felt that her outsides were too dull for her insides, that deep within her there was something better than what everyone… — Myla Goldberg Copy Share Image
I’m a total atheist, and for me it’s just about trying to find something that rises above the banal day-to-day bullshit of living. — Myla Goldberg Copy Share Image
At this time on a weekday morning, the library was refuge to the retired, the unemployed, and the unemployable. ... 'I'm not always this… — Myla Goldberg Copy Share Image
“Rushing toward her are all the letters of the alphabet. Each one moves in its own way, X cartwheeling over and over, C hopping… — Myla Goldberg Copy Share Image
“Having already funneled its students to their respective classrooms, the school's front hall was empty, its glass showcase in the same neglected spot outside… — Myla Goldberg Copy Share Image
“The day's dashed hopes had temporarily reduced her to the childish presumption that someone she loved should, in return for that love, be able… — Myla Goldberg Copy Share Image
“Miriam will never know what kind of dog attacked her, will imagine a Doberman or a German shepherd with snarling, angry teeth despite the… — Myla Goldberg Copy Share Image
As much as I admire and value intellectualism and experimentation, I've discovered that unless a book has a throbbing heart as well as a… — Myla Goldberg Copy Share Image
