The year 2020 will see the publication of Matthew McConaughey’s book Greenlights. On October 20, 2020, the Crown imprint of Crown Publishing Group released it. An unorthodox book by the Academy Award-winning actor, full of wild tales, sage advice from outlaws, and life lessons discovered the hard way.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“We all step in shit from time to time. We hit roadblocks, we fuck up, we get fucked, we get sick, we don’t get what we want, we cross thousands of “could have done better”s and “wish that wouldn’t have happened”s in life. Stepping in shit is inevitable, so let’s either see it as good luck, or figure out how to do it less often.”
“Don’t walk into a place like you wanna buy it, walk in like you own it.”
“I believe the truth is only offensive when we’re lying.”
“We cannot fully appreciate the light without the shadows. We have to be thrown off balance to find our footing. It’s better to jump than fall. And here I am.”
“We all have scars, we gonna have more. Rather than struggle against time and waste it, let’s dance with time and redeem it. Cause we don’t live longer when we try not to die. We live longer when we are too busy living.”
My heart is in your hands right now. With the ink of my pen, my feelings flowed out over each and every page. My soul will be shown to your eyes. Your fingers are idly browsing through my thoughts. I hope that you find the stars as intriguing as each tiny word. And I hope that some part of you shares the emotions I experienced while making this art. – 2:00 am This collection of contemporary poetry explores themes such as love, heartbreak, relationships, grief, self-discovery, and learning to appreciate the life you’ve been given. 2am Thoughts is a poetry collection that is comparable to works by Rupi Kaur’s Milk and Honey and Beau Taplin’s Buried Light.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“I indulge myself in a book because diving headfirst into another fantasy is so much more peaceful than living in this reality.”
“I like my rough edges. Smooth women are too easy to climb. I don’t like easy. I want a man willing to hike mountains for me, or I don’t want a man at all.”
“Sometimes emotions surge so strongly that words will never do them justice. So I sit here and stare at a blank page while storms brew inside me.”
“Pen and paper have healed me much better than any doctor ever could.”
“Do not let the dust collect in your soul. Live a life so fulfilling that it will never have enough time to do so.”
This is how Robert Fagles’ superb translation of the Odyssey gets started. The Odyssey is literature’s most grandiose depiction of the journey through the life of the average person if the Iliad is the world’s biggest war epic. A timeless tale of humanity, as well as a test of moral fortitude for each individual, Odysseus’ ten-year journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, required him to rely on his cunning and cunning to survive in the face of supernatural and natural forces.
We now have an Odyssey to read aloud, savor, and appreciate for its sheer lyrical skill. Fagles has caught the fire and poetry of Homer’s original in the stories and legends that are presented here in a bold, modern style. The excellent Introduction and textual analysis by famous classicist Bernard Knox provide the general readers and scholars alike with additional perspectives and background information, enhancing the power of Fagles’ translation.
This Odyssey is meant to enthrall both classicists and the general audience, as well as to enthrall a new generation of Homer scholars. In a striking new modern-verse translation, Robert Fagles, recipient of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and the 1996 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, gives us Homer’s most well-known and approachable poem.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man.”
“There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.”
“There is nothing more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.”
“A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time”
“Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier;
I have seen worse sights than this.”
A compilation of poetry and prose about surviving is called Milk and Honey. concerning one’s personal experiences with abuse, torture, affection, loss, and femininity. There are four chapters, and each one has a distinct function. handles a new kind of suffering and heals another kind of heartache. ‘Milk and Honey’ takes the readers on a journey through some of life’s most difficult experiences and discovers sweetness in them as sweetness can be found anywhere if you’re just ready to look for it.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Loneliness is a sign you are in desperate need of yourself.”
“i am a museum full of art
but you had your eyes shut”
“do not look for healing
at the feet of those
who broke you”
“if you were born with the weakness to fall you were born with the strength to rise”
“how you love yourself is
how you teach others
to love you”
A compilation of poems that is organized into four sections: the princess, the damsel, the queen, and you. The author’s life is depicted in three stages the princess, the damsel, and the queen, while you serve as a message to the reader and all of humanity. investigates life, including all of its love, loss, grief, healing, empowerment, and inspirations.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“the princess locked herself away in the highest tower, hoping a knight in shining armor would come to her rescue. – i didn’t realize i could be my own knight.”
“that is what abuse is: knowing you are going to get salt but still hoping for sugar for nineteen years. -”
“silence has always been my loudest scream.”
“sticks & stones never broke my bones, but words made me starve myself until you could see all of them. -”
“if
love
is a
battlefield,
then i
must have
forgotten
all of
my armor
at home.
-a war i never agreed to fight”
True to the poignant life lessons she shares on her highly successful Instagram account, Cleo Wade shares them in Heart Talk, a motivational, approachable, and spiritual book of advice for the younger generation. This book is a daily pep talk to keep you feeling inspired and motivated. It contains more than 120 of Cleo’s original poetry, mantras, and affirmations, including fan favorites and never-before-seen ones.
With understandable, applicable, and accessible counsel, such as “Hearts break. This is a portable, recharging break for your daily life. “That’s how the magic gets in,” and “Baby, you are the finest flower that ever flowered, remember that when the weather changes.” Keep Heart Talk by your side table or in your suitcase for an energizing spiritual adrenaline rush that can assist you in identifying and removing any obstacles standing in the way of your emotional and spiritual growth.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Don’t wait on anyone to tell you what you are worth. You have to be the first person who knows what you are worth and can say what you are worth.”
“Comparison and extreme competition run on insecurities and the belief in scarcity, which inevitably isolates us from one another.”
“Being weird is when you love yourself enough to liberate yourself from the burden of trying to be normal. It is also when you are smart enough to know that there is no such thing as normal.”
“Take risks with faith, not fear.”
“Do not ignore your intuition. There is an infinite intelligence within you; let it be your guiding light.”
Hi! Seth here! Here it is! I was asked to give a description of my book, Yearbook, for the inside flap (which is a disgusting phrase) and for websites and stuff like that. Yearbook is a collection of genuine stories that I fervently hope are at best merely hilarious and at worst wonderful enough to change your life. (I get that the former is a fancy “book” way of stating “the first one,” so it’s probably the former.)
I talk more about drug use than my mother would want, as well as about my grandparents, my stand-up comedy days as a teenager, bar mitzvahs, and Jewish summer camp. I also share some of my Los Angeles escapades, and I undoubtedly say things about the other famous individuals that will make me feel really uncomfortable at a gathering one day. If you choose to purchase the book, I sincerely hope you will enjoy it; if not, I apologize. If you ever run into me on the street and let me know what happened, I’ll try my best to make it right.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Never quit, but sometimes do quit, ’cause you simply might not be that good at some shit.”
“They also have an amazing seafood tower. I love a seafood tower and think more food should be served in tower formation. Sometimes pizzas get a little platform, but they’re really not living up to their potential.”
“Maybe that’s why Jews are Jewish. It’s more vague and casts a wider net than other religions. “I’m a Hindu.” “I’m a Muslim.” “I’m Jew…ish.” Less commitment is involved when “ish” is in the mix.”
“Once I ate a weed lollipop at the Golden Globes and got so high, I had to leave early.”
“My dad is from Newark, New Jersey. He somehow manages to be simultaneously bald and always in dire need of a haircut.”
Featuring all-new, never-before-published material, Chef Anthony Bourdain lays out his more than 25 years of drugs, sex, and haute cuisine in this gloriously amusing and delectably startling banquet of wild-but-true tales.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.”
“No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American.”
“Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans … are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit.”
“Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don’t have.”
“Don’t lie about it. You made a mistake. Admit it and move on. Just don’t do it again. Ever”
Kristin Newman spent a significant portion of her twenties and thirties shopping for dresses to wear to her friends’ weddings and baby showers. Kristin, who was not ready to settle down and needed a break from her fast-paced profession as a sitcom writer, instead traveled the world, often alone, for several weeks each year. Kristin fell hopelessly in love with the globe, but she also fell for many gorgeous locals, men who could provide the emotional connection she craved without limiting her independence.
Kristin introduces the reader to the Israeli bartenders, Finnish poker players, seductive Bedouins, and Argentinean priests who assisted her in becoming “Kristin-Adjacent” on the road—a slower, softer, and, yes, naughtier version of herself at home.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“To me, marriage was an ending, not a beginning. A stone on my chest. A giving-up, a decision to walk away from an interesting life for one just like everyone else’s. Much more “ever after” than “happily.”
“I wanted to love, but I also wanted freedom and adventure, and those two desires fought like angry obese sumo wrestlers in the dojo of my soul.”
“Everyone I knew, no matter what they chose, was at least a little in mourning for that other thing.”
“In Judaism, the way you learn to love someone is by giving to them,” she said. “The more you give to a person, the more you end up loving them. If love is just a feeling and that feeling changes, then what? Love has to be something you choose to build.”
“I always say that I need to travel to keep from dying of boredom from my own internal monologue. I think that, generally, most of us have a total of about twenty thoughts. And we just scroll through those thoughts, over and over again, in varying order, all day every day.”