When I felt I was dying, these past few days, things were no longer anthropomorphic. The telephone, which looks like a sort of upturned black snake, was merely a telephone. Every thing was just a thing. The couch, which looked like a big square face drawn by Rubens, with buttons on the cover like wicked … Continue reading Quote for Today: Federico Fellini
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Quote for Today: Liz Braswell
The nautilus shell was exquisite, brown and white and perfectly striped. The math that lay like a dazzling creation spell over all who lived in the sea showed clearly in the spiral, each cell as great as the sum of the two previous sections. Everything in the ocean was a thing of beauty and … Continue reading Quote for Today: Liz Braswell
Quote for Today: Vikram Chandra
"Yes," Sanjay said. "I know I will be reborn, that there is no escape from you. I know my life well and I know that I have not found liberation. I will have to come back to you. But remember, when I die, I do not give up to you, I renounce the world. The … Continue reading Quote for Today: Vikram Chandra
Quote for Today: Chief Seattle
If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit. For whatever happens to the beasts, soon happens to man. All things are connected. ― Chief Seattle Image © Budhiargomiko with CCLicense
Quote for Today: Sena Jeter Naslund
If you meet a woman of whatever complexion who sails her life with strength and grace and assurance, talk to her! And what you will find is that there has been a suffering, that at some time she has left herself for hanging dead. ― Sena Jeter Naslund, Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer Public Domain … Continue reading Quote for Today: Sena Jeter Naslund
Quote for Today: Antony Sher
As we're leaving the King's Arms Hotel after Sunday lunch, I watch a beautiful white dove walking down the wet road. A car approaches and the bird accidentally turns into the wheel rather than away from it. A gentle crunch. The car passes. A shape like a discarded napkin left in the road. Still perfectly … Continue reading Quote for Today: Antony Sher
Quote for Today: Aesop’s Fables
An Eagle was soaring through the air when suddenly it heard the whizz of an Arrow, and felt itself wounded to death. Slowly it fluttered down to the earth, with its life-blood pouring out of it. Looking down upon the Arrow with which it had been pierced, it found that the shaft of the … Continue reading Quote for Today: Aesop’s Fables
