tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post8701122412121055012..comments2024-03-28T08:22:41.115-07:00Comments on Grow Wings -- the Journal of Laini Taylor: Shark or crocodile? Or Baghdad?Laini Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064837312936707024noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-20087934230996208292007-05-10T00:29:00.001-07:002007-05-10T00:29:00.001-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.[a}https://www.blogger.com/profile/06965188295886556899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-91847721448377238802007-05-10T00:29:00.000-07:002007-05-10T00:29:00.000-07:00P.S. I remember how after 9/11, in my school in Ca...P.S. I remember how after 9/11, in my school in Canada, many kids said outright racist remarks to Muslim kids..as though WE were responsible... :( One girl came up to me and said: "My parents say all you Muslim people are --bleep---" Perhaps the city I lived in was particularly racist, but all the kids ganged up on several Muslim classmates, too, throughout the school years. One of those sad memories. How was I supposed to describe to them how much I hated those bombers, with all my soul?[a}https://www.blogger.com/profile/06965188295886556899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-20609886009760193092007-05-10T00:23:00.000-07:002007-05-10T00:23:00.000-07:00I have always LOVED that book! Ray Bradbury writes...I have always LOVED that book! Ray Bradbury writes very intensely, v. aggressively, but it's such a fitting style. Have you noticed that many of his predictions about the future have already come true? Example being the iPod!<BR/><BR/>I don't agree with you on one thing. It's not always the quantity of books read that matters so much as their quality. Some books dullen the mind. We need time to ponder over a book. It is better to absorb the goodness in one book, I think, than to simply breeze through a dozen without retaining much.<BR/><BR/>This is a really excellent post, by the way. xoxxxo[a}https://www.blogger.com/profile/06965188295886556899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-76701696199751565652007-04-26T21:21:00.000-07:002007-04-26T21:21:00.000-07:00HI Laini! I was so happy to see your beautiful but...HI Laini! I was so happy to see your beautiful butterfly wings on the Disco Mermaids comment board. Now I'm visiting your adorable blog! Great post---guess what? I played Clarisse, the open-minded heroine in the play Fahrenheit 451 when I was in college. It opened my mind and soul to so many different things especially censorship and writing. My novel SEA takes place in Muslim Indonesia and primarily focuses on the relationship between two teenagers, one very western American and an orphaned Achenese boy, obviously raised with such different backgrounds and beliefs, but who are both really open-minded and curious about the other. Bridging the gap. Do what you can. Hey, I finally got a lj, so please visit me there! Take care!heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15338301854400974266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-91148898657455019612007-04-26T07:10:00.000-07:002007-04-26T07:10:00.000-07:00Laini, this is a very insightful post and I wholeh...Laini, this is a very insightful post and I wholeheartedly agree re travel and fiction. It's no accident that I didn't begin to cultivate some compassion until I finally took a real leap into reading fiction...at 35. (I had a hard time staying present in a book during my drinking days.) I'd traveled for years by that point, but it was fiction that made me really start focusing outward with a genuine appreciation for differences. Long ago I heard Ray Bradbury give the commencement speech at the college graduation of one of my best friends from high school. I can't remember exactly what he said...I just remember coming away feeling VERY inspired.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-86879581221895691042007-04-26T06:24:00.000-07:002007-04-26T06:24:00.000-07:00Croc or Shark? Hmmm. I can't decide.If one wants t...Croc or Shark? Hmmm. I can't decide.<BR/><BR/>If one wants to read fiction, there is plenty to be found in the non-fiction section of your favorite bookstore or library. (And, of course, the fiction sections, although there is probably more truth there).gerry rosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06095232815291651669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-1827850707142076002007-04-25T05:59:00.000-07:002007-04-25T05:59:00.000-07:00Wow, Laini. The discussion about the losing a limb...Wow, Laini. The discussion about the losing a limb to a crocodile was like the conversation at school yesterday. Apprently, somewhere in Asia, some young boys were taunting crocs with sticks. The crocs had enough and ate one of the boys. It happened at a zoo...you have given me another book to put on my re-read list.Jonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04299647754479967070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-57163032126576321322007-04-25T00:41:00.000-07:002007-04-25T00:41:00.000-07:00Yes, Amen. It really is just that easy to forget ...Yes, Amen. It really is just that easy to forget about the war, isn't it? And when you're over there, that's all you want to do - get back to the States and forget about it. Yet, when you do return, it's still in the back of your mind, sitting like an emu egg, ready to break out and run around all over your nice pretty self-absorbed thoughts.<BR/>Some days I drown in wonder at the monsters that tie Humanity down, and then there are other days when hope prevails and it seems like Humanity has an improving, evolved future. Those are the days I've been reading.Amber Loughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12374291005610549082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-44767244119529080532007-04-24T16:33:00.000-07:002007-04-24T16:33:00.000-07:00This was AWESOME baby! I love how in thinking of ...This was AWESOME baby! I love how in thinking of what to come up with for a speech, the thought process itself has become something worthy of a speech in and of itself. Wow sweety :) And AAAAAAAmen to your thoughts and opinions expressed here. Especially the idea of keeping one's mind open to ideas, individuals, beliefs, etc. that are different than our own.<BR/><BR/>Luv ya,<BR/>HusblesJim Di Bartolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620158692319824216noreply@blogger.com