In this elegant but pocketable edition, passionate bibliophile Michael Ross has curated 114 favorite literary quotes from the collection of over 1,500 well-read books on his shelves—but this isn't your typical rehashing of Bartlett's quotations. Michael Ross brings together the ways in which we view reality and the ways in which our own thoughts and contemplation shape that reality from such a new perspective, even the authors themselves will probably find this book useful and insightful.
Featuring quotations from John Fowles, Richard Russo, Paul Auster, Don DeLillo, Philip Roth, Ivan Doig, Jim Harrison, Gunter Grass, Milan Kundera, Eleanor Catton, Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Penn Warren, John Steinbeck, Oscar Wilde, Lorrie Moore, Walker Percy, and many, many, more.
About the Author
Michael Ross was encouraged to read by observing his parents who were avid readers. He majored in English in college at the University of Virginia (UVA), graduating with distinction in 1970. His extensive reading began at sea in the Navy (1970-74) and continued during law school at UVA (1974-77) and his subsequent careers practicing corporate law, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, at Latham & Watkins (1977-93), serving as Senior Vice President & General Counsel at Safeway Inc. (1993-2000) and teaching practical seminars at the UVA and Berkeley schools of law, the Peking School of International Law, Dubrovnik International University and the IE Law School in Madrid. He is the author (as Michael C. Ross) of Ethics& Integrity in Law & Business –Avoiding “Club Fed,” published in 2011.
He is a former member of the Board of Trustees of the California Shakespeare Theater, the Advisory Council of the UVA Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life and the Berkeley Center for Law & Business. He is also a former elder at the Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church. He is a life member of the Friends of the Orinda Library.
He and his wife, Virginia, live in Orinda, CA and have a son, Charlie, and a daughter, Margaret.
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