October 2010
30 posts
““Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens. A good marriage must...”
– Paul Newman’s letter to his wife on their wedding (via graceingray)
And all the little monsters said in a chorus: you must kiss us. What! You who are evil, ugly and uncivil. You who are cruel, afraid and needy, uncouth and seedy.
Yes, moody and greedy. Yes, you must bless us.
But the evil you do, the endless ado, why bless you? You are composed of such shameful stuff.
Because, said the monsters, beginning to laugh, because, they said, cheering up. ...
“Then he said, ‘I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving...”
– Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro (via joolsandnigel)
“Must I be always
moving counter to you? Is there no place
where we can be at...”
– William Carlos Williams, from A Portrait in Greys
“You know, when dealing with deep depression and sad shit, it’s cool to pretend...”
– Kenny Fucking Powers (via goldenfiddle)
“No man’s worth his salt
unless he knows how to be good and bad.
He has...”
– Plautus, Bacchides
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via arane)
“Hang we must, if we must hang; but let’s hang from a handsome tree.
Cultured...”
– Aristophanes, The Frogs tr. Richmond Lattimore
“I have had for some years on my computer a file called “Unpleasantness of...”
– Anne Carson, from Grief Lessons, her translation of four Euripides plays. (via mcnallyjackson) (via laphamsquarterly)
“Every city has a sex and an age which have nothing to do with demography. Rome...”
– John Berger, 1987. From our Fall 2010 issue on The City, which is now available online. (via laphamsquarterly)
