Quotable Quotes

“Our inventions are wont to be pretty things, we distract our attention from serious things” -Henry David Thoreau. A shocking fact about the book Feed is that Feed was the finalist for the National Book Award. It also won the LA Times Book Award for YA fiction in 2003. There is a quick question for you, would you rather be like Titus or one of his other friends? If you don’t know who Titus was then read more to find out.

"It was my folly! I have said it. But up to that epoch of my life, I had lived in vain. The world had been so cheerless! My heart was a habitation large enough for many guests, but lonely and chill and without a household fire. I longed to kindle one!"

Quote 6: “He felt his consciousness slipping, his mind losing adhesion, until all he knew was a single thought: He cannot break me.” (296)

During the second World War, an olympic record holder, Louie Zamperini, was one of the few men that got shot down into the ocean and was stranded for 47 days on a lonely, little raft. The great American hero we all have heard of didn’t start out like you would have thought. He was a young scoundrel who was influenced by his brother to run for something better than away from is problems. After years of running and going to the German Olympics to set the best lap run in the 5,000 meters, Louie had gone into the Air Force and had gotten into trouble at a Japanese POW camp after a crash. The book Unbroken, written by Laura Hillenbrand, expresses Louie’s life exceptionally well, especially

Louie Zamperini had a very tragic and interesting life. He was a runner for the Olympics. He won many wristwatches from his competitions. After reading about Louie Zamperini in Unbroken, I believe that the author, Lauren Hillenbrand, lucidly defined Louie as resourceful and determined.

This quote demonstrates the book’s theme of perseverance because of its powerful motivation to overcome the pain and give it your all.

“Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns” (Anne Lamott Quotes). Unbroken, book by Laura Hillenbrand, shows the truthful of this quote. The novel is about Olympic runner and hero of the war Louie Zamperini. He survived a lot of inhuman and cruel harassments during WWII, simply believing and hoping for better times and victory of his country. By Louie’s example, author shows how faith can help to survive even in the most hopeless, wild, terrible, difficult and hard situations that can face people during their lives.

As the Canadian social democratic politician and Baptist minister, Tommy Douglas once said, “Man can now fly in the air like a bird, swim under the ocean like a fish, he can burrow into the ground like a mole. Now if only he could walk the earth like a man, this would be paradise.” In the book Unbroken, written by Laura Hillenbrand, defying the many odds against him, Louis Zamperini showed us that with being faithful, you can conquer your problems. Some of the many struggles Zamperini had to go through, included pushing to become a better person, surviving a plane crash resulting in 42 days stranded out at sea, becoming a POW for two years, and coming home to find that not only his past haunts him, but his present. As a teenager, Zamperini

In the novel Unbroken written by Laura Hillenbrand, the character Louie displays many important character traits. The most important trait displayed in this character is positivity. The author shows the reader these traits in several ways. First, the author shows us by what the character says. Louis said ‘ “ If I have any strength left from the heat, I'll beat Bright and give Lash the scare of his life.’ (25). Second, the author shows us by what the character does. Louie reassured Mac that the squadron would come for them, that they were likely to be found that night, at the latest the next day. Another way the author shows the reader is by revealing what another character says about my character. For instance, Phil said ‘ “ If there was one

The title Odd Ball fits to this book for many reasons and could be debated. My side is most definitely affirmative. Odd Ball is a great name for this book the reason is that these facts are all odd in baseball’s past. Having a 3 foot 7 batter bat who never played baseball before and just jumps out of cakes is weird and odd. Tell me getting stuck in a doghouse during a baseball game is not odd!

“I think that the reason we were so rebellious was that our generation had known secular schools.”

Pollan believes supersized meals are bad. Reasoning to this statement is from the book saying, “...people will eat up to 30 percent more if they are given larger portions” (82). The quote is a statistic that shows more people are becoming obese from the supersized food and drinks. Another quote from the beginning of the book is, “In the same way, our built-in instincts tell us to eat lots of sugar and fat” (82). Humans today love sugar and foods and drinks being supersized means more sugar and more sugar means you’ve a more likely chance of getting a disease like diabetes.

“ All I kept thinking about, over and over,was You can’t live forever; you can’t live forever.” (pg.40)

“When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile.” Whenever I think of Dumby Red, this quote is the first thing that comes to mind. Not only did he often say the quote himself, but it also perfectly depicted who he was. No matter what, Dumby always tried to see the good in every situation and always tried to help me do the same. That’s one of the many reasons why Dumby and I were close. He was more than a best friend to me. He was an older brother. Someone I looked up to and trusted. He was the one who encouraged me to see the bright side of things day after day. He was the one who always had my back. So to now know that Dumby has breathed his last at such an early age, I can’t deny the fact

In Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand we plunge in to the life and battles of Louie Zamperini’s life. In his voyage through childhood, adolescence, soldier life, World War II, and his later years we see many traits of his identity. His friendships, his competitiveness, his resourcefulness, his honesty etc.… All of these great characteristics, but the ones that resonates with me the most and makes me admire him are his determination and with that his persistence. That determination that helped him continue and power through many hardships, this is what truly makes him admirable in my eyes. Through Hillenbrand’s writing this trait is well developed.