Quote for Today: George Orwell
If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself. You must know all the while that it is there, but until it is needed you …
Quote for Today: A. A. Milne
“Well,” said Pooh, “what I like best,” and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a …
Quote for Today: Susanna Clarke
But when the fairy sang, the whole world listened to him. Stephen felt clouds pause in their passing; he felt sleeping hills shift and murmur; he felt cold mists dance. …
Quote for Today: Truman Capote
She was still hugging the cat. “Poor slob,” she said, tickling his head, “poor slob without a name. It’s a little inconvenient, his not having a name. But I haven’t …
Mistrusting Creativity: Currents in Orhan Pamuk’s My Name is Red
Why do some people mistrust creativity, while others feel it leads them to deeper faith? Is creativity inseparable from identity? To God belongs the East and the West. –- The Koran …
Quote for Today: George Washington Carver
I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its …
Quote for Today: T.S. Eliot
The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter, It isn’t just one of your holiday games; You may think at first I’m as mad as a hatter When I tell …
Quote for Today: Maya Angelou
Words are things. You must be careful, careful about calling people out of their names, using racial pejoratives and sexual pejoratives and all that ignorance. Don’t do that. Some day …
Speaking of Names: Karl Berg’s Observations of Wild Parrots
Parrots are famous for their uncanny ability to learn, memorize, and mimic sound. What you might not know is that wild parrots do not use this ability in quite the …
Quote for Today: Patricia Briggs
“My grandfather would have loved to have met you,” he told her huskily. “He would have called you ‘She Moves Trees Out of His Path.’ “ She looked lost, but …