Weekend 655.0 (Lieutenant of the Tower)
“No choice was left them but to play their part to its end.” “The two vast iron doors of the Black Gate under its frowning arch were fast closed. Upon Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Quotes
Weekend 646.0 (‘Perdition cometh!’)
“For all its convenience, it [The London Orbital] is a route to nowhere, a road which simply connects to other roads.” “Looking back at the line’s history as I write, Continue Reading →
Graceland
Just back from Portland, Oregon. I went to Mass for Palm Sunday at Chapel of Christ the Teacher at the University of Portland. The stained-glass behind the tabernacle is beautiful. Continue Reading →
The Sea of Fog
Two from Murakami: “As time passes, memory, inevitably, reconstitutes itself.” / “Music has that power to revive memories, sometimes so intensely that they hurt”
Weekend 621.0
“I think I know exactly what you mean by the order of Grace; and of course, by your references to Our Lady, upon which all my own small perception of Continue Reading →
One piece at a time…
A cartoon is not an image taken from life. A cartoon is taken from memory. You’re trying to distill the memory of an experience, not the experience itself.” — Chris Continue Reading →
Weekend 609.1 (Nemo me impune lacessit)
“Limestone Roof is like the Arts & Culture section of the Wall Street Journal.” — Lionel Trilling Football, Bermuda, Naruto, Playmobil, and the British. It’s amazing HOW all my favorites Continue Reading →
Weekend 600.0 (…a bell-note floating to the sun)
“In God is my hope. R.B. 1605” (1) One more last quote from Steeple Chasing by Peter Ross: “There is a long tradition of giving names to bells, as if they were Continue Reading →
Weekend 599.0 (the highway sets the traveler’s stage…)
“Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, Continue Reading →
Weekend 597.2
Quotes from Steeple Chasing: Around Britian by Church by Peter Ross: Most cathedrals have been built and rebuilt over centuries. From the moment a new stone is set in place Continue Reading →