Reading 1001 discussion

7. What passages strike you as insightful, even profound? Perhaps a bit of dialog that's funny or poignant or that encapsulates a character? Maybe there's a particular comment that states the book's thematic concerns?

I liked the idea of creating time travel through virtual reality and data analysis.

She, who had been raised in a home in which Robert Fitch was never absent, but the income depended upon her sewing for the barest subsistence, accepted the crude arithmetic of survival: "man out the gate, worth the wait; man in the house, mend your blouse."

Before you build another city on the hill, first fill in the potholes at your feet.

We do things when it is our time to do them. They do not occur to us until it time; they cannot be resisted, once their time has come. It's a question of time, not motive.

I highlighted a few statements while reading this novel.

"In attachment is death."
This is a rather pessimistic view.

"Communications create trade."
I read this to be more than physical trade of goods but also ideas, friendships, thoughts etc.

"The survivor is the one who improvises, not follows the rules."
Hannah certainly followed this idea.

"she'd equated being happy with not being unhappy."
Maybe a lot of people feel this way unknowlingly.

Lastly
"A fool flexes his muscles. The wise man hides his strengths."
humility and modesty are good characteristics.

Just writing these I can see there were some real nuggets of knowledge in this novel.

Yeah, I agree with you Book. That data analysis thing had an interesting sci-fi/psychology aspect that would have been interesting. But in the book it only served as an avenue for the modern day story to be able to discover the location of the diamond.