Dave Eggers is a prince among men when it comes to writing deeply felt, socially conscious books that meld reportage with fiction. While A Hologram for the King is fiction...it's a strike against the current state of global economic injustice.

By investing others with the power to dictate who you are, you rob yourself of an opportunity to truly grow. You shortchange yourself by devaluing the experiences and knowledge you've banked, all those things that have been making you, you.

Don't be a fool, there is no such thing as just a girl.

I focus best and am most productive when I’m working in a friend’s empty apartment. It’s hard for me to work at home. Too easy to procrastinate online, too easy to be distracted by the state of perpetual domestic chaos that rules my home.

You know what they say - sleep is the mother's drug of choice, but like heroin, only the very rich and the very poor can afford it.

By investing others with the power to dictate who you are, you rob yourself of an opportunity to truly grow.

Anthony Doerr again takes language beyond mortal limits.