The Top 100 Quotes from the Top 100 Novels (BBC Big Read List – #51-100)
This is a continuation of the post – Numbers 1-50. These are the most popular quotes according to Goodreads that can be attributed to the BBC’s Big Read List of the Top 100 Novels of All Time. This list can be seen in its entirety on this page. Again, my favourites are in italics.
The Top 100 Quotes from the Top 100 Novels (BBC Big Read List – #1-50)
I’M STILL MAKING my way through the BBC Big Read List of Top 100 Novels. I’m parked at To Kill A Mockingird. For some reason I expected an old stuffy, court-room drama but it’s really surprised me – full of colour and character. As some light relief, I thought it would be nice to visit […]
Voices that Nibble on your Soul
They first talked to me when I was twenty-one. I had just finished University and while scrambling for a first job to make a dent in my student loan, stumbled into Sales. Painfully shy and introverted, I was completely at odds with super salesmen around me who seemed to thrive off competition and stress, exuding […]
The Danger of Losing Novel Threads
I find it very easy to come up with new novel ideas for blog posts/short stories and typically follow up promptly while the seed is germinating in my mind. However, what I find most difficult is spitting out onto electronic paper those first few chapters of a brand new novel idea and maintaining the consistency […]
10 Lessons I Learnt From Starting My Own Business
Quitting a cushy well paid job at American Tech giant Oracle to start a new venture in an industry I had no knowledge of might, to most people, be considered risky if not a little bonkers. And you’d be dead right. I wasn’t entirely alone on this mission to build a business empire in the Summer of […]