Quote for Today: Frederick Douglass
I have often been utterly astonished, since I came to the north, to find persons who could speak of the singing, among slaves, as evidence of their contentment and happiness. …
Globe-trotting Travel Series #5: Violinist Lena Yokoyama from Cremona, Italy
The 5th day of the Globe-trotting Travel Series takes us to a hospital rooftop in Cremona, Italy, where violinist Lena Yokoyama plays a passionate performance of Gabriel’s Oboe from The …
Quote for Today: Elizabeth Harrower
For five days the city had wilted under a hard sky, sweltering in a temperature that stayed fixed in the middle nineties. Even at night there was no relief from …
Quote for Today: Francis Weller
Imagine the feeling of relief that would flood our whole being if we knew that when we were in the grip of sorrow or illness, our village would respond to …
Quote for Today: Mary Karr
If you live in the dark a long time and the sun comes out, you do not cross into it whistling. There’s an initial uprush of relief at first, then-for …
Quote for Today: Colleen Hoover
I know my mouth is agape and my eyes are wide, but I’m relieved that hope isn’t a tangible thing, because everyone around me would see mine crumbling. ―Colleen Hoover, …
Quote for Today: Michael Ben Zehabe
Your partner may have injuries that you can’t repair. Your partner may be trapped in a dark room without windows. Your life narrative might bring him more relief than an …
Quote for Today: William H. Gass
The word itself has another color. It’s not a word with any resonance, although the e was once pronounced. There is only the bump now between b and l, the …
Quote for Today: T.S. Eliot
What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow Out of this stony rubbish? Son of man, You cannot say, or guess, for you know only A heap of broken …