“Empathy, the way that we can place ourselves, imaginatively, in the position of another person, is at the heart of what we… — Brenda Walker Books Copy Share Image
“This book [The Decameron] is a reminder that the storyteller doesn't have a monopoly on the exercise of the imagination; it's based… — Brenda Walker Book Copy Share Image
“A good book laces invisible fingers into the shape of a winter armchair or a hammock in the sun. I'm not talking… — Brenda Walker Books Copy Share Image
“We're at once alone and in close company: this is the great gift of the novel, the element that makes reading more… — Brenda Walker Books Copy Share Image
“Attraction is explained as a function of reincarnation: people who knew each other in past lives are helpless in the face of… — Brenda Walker Death Copy Share Image
“Schopenhauer has a metaphor for human closeness. He writes about cold porcupines who have to snuggle up to keep warm, but if… — Brenda Walker Copy Share Image
“In Gothic fiction, characters must contend with the dead, with active hauntings or with hallucinations of hauntings, as well as whatever other… — Brenda Walker Gothic-literature Copy Share Image
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