I have done what people do, my life makes a reasonable showing. Can I go back to my books now? Author: Lynne Sharon Schwartz Copy Quote More from Lynne Sharon Schwartz “Among some tossed-out books of my daughter's which I rescued...was one too awfu…” “Parables, yes. We here are to lead life with woe. Tasting bitter.” “The stillness and stasis of bed are the perfect opposite of travel: inertia is …” “How are we to spend our lives, anyway? That is the real question. We read to se…”