Posted on November 24, 2021November 24, 2021 “Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.”—Henry James, American author, 1843-1916
Posted on November 6, 2021November 6, 2021 “An artist is his own fault.”—John O’Hara, American author, 1905-1970
Posted on October 11, 2021 “He writes nothing whose writings are not read.”—Martialis, Roman poet from Hispania, 38 AD–104 AD
Posted on September 19, 2021September 19, 2021 ” ‘Classic.’ A book which people praise and don’t read.”—Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, American author & humorist, 1835-1910
Posted on September 13, 2021 “A critic ought now and then to hesitate.”—Irving Howe, American literary critic, 1920-1993
Posted on September 10, 2021September 10, 2021 “A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early; he arrives precisely when he means to!”—Gandalf in ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’/J.R.R. Tolkien, English fantasy novelist, 1892-1973; et al.
Posted on August 7, 2021August 7, 2021 “I only spout poetry when my feet hurt.”—Quintus Ennius, Roman poet, 239-169 BC
Posted on July 3, 2021July 3, 2021 “A great fortune is a great slavery.”—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca), Roman Stoic philosopher, c. 4 BC-65 AD
Posted on June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 “The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side.”—Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist, 1937-2005
Posted on May 21, 2021May 21, 2021 “One keeps on forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.”—Colette (Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette), French author, 1873-1954
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