Books

Ability

1. As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities - Froude
2. Behind an able man there are always other able men - Chinese Proverb
3. The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators - Gibbon

Achievement

1. When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honourable to reach the second or even the third rank - Cicero

Admiration

1. Admiration is our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves - Bierce

Adversity

• 2009 Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
• 2008 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
• 2007 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
• 2006 March by Geraldine Brooks
• 2005 Gilead: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson
• 2004 The Known World by Edward P.

• 1. "Little Women," Louisa May Alcott
• 2. "Fairy Tales," Hans Christian Andersen
• 3. "Peter Pan," J.M. Barrie
• 4. "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," L. Frank Baum
• 5. "The Last Unicorn," Peter S. Beagle
• 6. "The Secret Garden," Frances Hodgson Burnett
• 7. "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," Lewis Carroll
• 8. "Pinocchio," Carlo Collodi
• 9. "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," Roald Dahl
• 10. "Sophie's World," Jostein Gaarder
• 11. "The Wierdstone of Brisingamen," Alan Garner
• 12. "The Wind in the Willows," Kenneth Grahame
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• To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
• Hamlet – William Shakespeare
• 1984 – George Orwell
• The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
• Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
• One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• The Fellowship of the Ring – J.R.R. Tolkien
• Catch-22 – Joseph Heller
• The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien
• Ender's Game – Orson Scott Card
• The Return of the King – J.R.R.