Weekend 255.2
“He should not come forward with the sad, bent posture of one who knows the world is in ruins and only the facades remain. He should be joyous anyway.” — Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Quotes
The Eternal City
“First, the color, which was not like the color of other cities I had been in. Not concrete color, not cold glass color, not the color of overburned brick or Continue Reading →
Weekend 252.0
(1) No monk is an island but there is snow in the forecast this weekend so; (a) Wall Street Journal, (b) Wall Street Journal Magazine, (c) Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Continue Reading →
Weekend 251.0
“Like everything else at Imagineering, ideas never die; they just get put away for a while.” — It’s Kind of a Cute Story by Rolly Crump (1) It’s the same Continue Reading →
Weekend 250.0 (Where Orwell meets Nordlinger)
“Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous — to poetry.” — Thomas Mann (1) The Wall Street Journal is publishing most its newest content Continue Reading →
Weekend 247.0
“Round the decay / Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare / The lone and level sands stretch far away.” — Percy Bysshe Shelley
The Possible Present
“The EPCOT system features trains consisting of four attached cars, with each car seating up to four guests. The trains are much larger than either the Disneyland or Magic Kingdom Continue Reading →
Weekend 245.0 (Son of a Florist II)
“The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny Continue Reading →
Weekend 243.0
(1) The art of riding in New York City (2) The Quixotic World of Connecticut’s Boutique Bike-Makers: Zen and the Art of Bicycle Building (3) When the Party’s Over (WSJ) Continue Reading →
Weekend 242.0
‘First of all, respect your paper!’ — J.M.W. Turner (via Paper: An Elegy by Ian Sansom) I might start with mum. (1) Some other quotes from Paper: An Elegy: “Toys Continue Reading →