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Dead Languages

Washington State Book Award, 1990 Silver Medal, Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards, 1990 From the moment his mother tries unsuccessfully to coax him into saying "Philadelphia," Jeremy Zorn's life is framed by his unwieldy attem

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“A voice from the burning bush commanded Moses to lead his people out of Egypt, but Moses was ‘slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.’ When the time came to inform the Israelites of God’s command, Moses’ brother, Aaron, ‘spake all the words that the Lord had spoken unto Moses.’ I always imagine Moses…”

— David Shields, amazon.com

Tagged: Bible, Old Testament, Hebrew Scripture, Moses

“The rich will always be rich, the poor will always be poor, but the middle-class is always in motion, is always in a state of suspended transformation, is not necessarily tomorrow what it is today.”

— David Shields, amazon.com

Tagged: Economics, Motion, Class

“The opposite of success is suicide.”

— David Shields, amazon.com

Tagged: Death, Suicide

“Each of us isn’t the sum total of all the faults of his family. That’s impossible. That can’t be who we are.”

— David Shields, amazon.com

Tagged: Family, Heritage, Identity

“Why would someone for whom talking was torture want to talk all the time before thousands of Athenians? Because otherwise he’d have drowned himself at high tide. My sister—so shy, so sincere—once wanted to be an actress. The best jazz drummer I’ve ever heard had only one arm. We all choose a calling…”

— David Shields, amazon.com

Tagged: Identity, Why We Want What We Want

“The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned.”

— David Shields, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Unrequited Love