Q: What moves you most in a work of literature?

A: Honesty, vulnerability, moments of forgiveness and redemption, and a recognition that we are all small and our lives so short.

~ Helen Macdonald: By the Book, The author of a 2015 Best Book of the Year: “H Is for Hawk” 

Notes:

• Inspired by: “Read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read.” — Werner Herzog
• Photograph: thetimes.com