... perhaps in the end the message of Armenians is more particular than mere persistence. Perhaps, if there exists a deeper possibility in the psyche of this ancient, sturdy, and minor race, it is this: the capacity of a people for proceeding beyond nationhood... To be an Armenian has meant that one has been... free to attempt the struggle of an ordinary life, and to dream more modest dreams, and to try to deal with one's dreams as best one could.
"The Passage to Ararat," by Michael J. Arlen
Markings, by Dag Hammarskjold, translated by W. H. Auden and Leif Sjoberg
Dandelion Wine, by Ray Bradbury
IN FRENCH: Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo
Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance, by Noam Chomsky
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, by John Perkins
The Story of My Life, by Helen Keller, book club book