Sunday, September 24, 2006
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Esprit de l'escalier
\es-pred-les-ka-lya\ or esprit d-escalier \-pre-des-\ [F]: wit of the staircase: repartee thought of only too late, on the way home
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Monday, June 19, 2006
Paul Bowles
"...a walk through the countryside was a sort of epitome of the passage through life itself. One never took the time to savor the details; one said: another day, but always with the hidden knowledge that each day was unique and final, that there never would be a return, another time."
from The Sheltering Sky
from The Sheltering Sky
Sunday, March 26, 2006
Saturday, March 04, 2006
W. Somerset Maugham
"No affectation of peculiarity can conceal a commonplace mind."
from The Moon and Sixpence
from The Moon and Sixpence
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
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