Quote for Today: Charles Beaumont
The melody got lost, first off. Everything got lost, then, while that horn flew. It wasn’t only jazz; it was the heart of jazz, and the insides, pulled out …
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 …
Quote for Today: Albert Einstein
What a sad era when it is easier to smash an atom than a prejudice. –Albert Einstein Public Domain Image via Pixabay
Quote for Today: Jennifer DeLucy
It makes me sad that so many people feel they’re only allowed to show their best face, while their humanity and vulnerabilities are forbidden and hidden. How else do …
Quote for Today: Brian Selznick
“Did you ever notice that all machines are made for some reason?” he asked Isabelle. “They are built to make you laugh, like the mouse here, or to tell the …
Quote for Today: Paulo Coelho
Ester asked why people are sad. “That’s simple,” says the old man. “They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to …
Quote for Today: Jonathan Safran Foer
I am not sad, he would repeat to himself over and over, I am not sad. As if he might one day convince himself. Or fool himself. Or convince others—the …